Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Jan van de Mheen (1884-1976)

Day of marriage December 20, 1916

• The temperature on December 20, 1916 was between -1.7 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
  • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.

Day of death September 11, 1976

• The temperature on September 11, 1976 was between 8.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
  • February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
  • April 11 » The Apple I is created.
  • May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
  • May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
  • September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1978 » Janet Parker, English photographer (b. 1938)
• 1978 » Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944)