Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Wouter Blom (1885-1975)

Day of marriage September 16, 1910

• The temperature on September 16, 1910 was between 10.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
  • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.

Day of death February 10, 1975

• The temperature on February 10, 1975 was between -1.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
  • March 6 » For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
  • May 28 » Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
  • July 5 » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
  • July 27 » Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
  • September 27 » The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Billy Rose, American composer and songwriter (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Dionysios Kokkinos, Greek historian and author (b. 1884)
• 1975 » Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921)