Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Hendrikje van Beek (1882-1968)

Day of marriage March 25, 1910

• The temperature on March 25, 1910 was between 1.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
  • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Day of death October 16, 1968

• The temperature on October 16, 1968 was between 7.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
  • February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
  • February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
  • May 30 » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
  • September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
  • October 14 » The 6.5 M_w  Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.

Day of burial October 21, 1968

• The temperature on October 21, 1968 was between 5.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
  • April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
  • April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
  • July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
  • September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
  • December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1966 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1972 » Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)