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.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
  • August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • 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.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

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 2 » The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
  • 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.
  • July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
  • July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
  • August 12 » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
  • November 26 » "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock

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)