April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
Day of marriage January 2, 1920
The temperature on January 2, 1920 was between -2.2 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
Day of death April 26, 1979
The temperature on April 26, 1979 was between 3.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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.
February 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
March 28 » A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
April 6 » Student protests break out in Nepal.
July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Day of burial May 1, 1979
The temperature on May 1, 1979 was between 1.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ⁄2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
February 26 » The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
August 27 » The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.
October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
November 3 » Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Tijs van den Brink, "Parentele of Geurt Jacobs", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/geurt-jacobs/I39401.php : accessed May 14, 2025), "Hendrik Moshagen (1898-1979)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.