Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Thona van Sligtenhorst (1896-1977)

Day of marriage August 11, 1915

• The temperature on August 11, 1915 was between 11.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Day of death March 22, 1977

• The temperature on March 22, 1977 was between 5.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
  • February 18 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
  • May 25 » The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
  • July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
  • November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
  • November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
• 1976 » John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1977 » A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
• 1979 » Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)