Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Gijsbertje van den Hazel (1891-1976)

Day of marriage January 16, 1914

• The temperature on January 16, 1914 was between -6.5 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

Day of death July 2, 1976

• The temperature on July 2, 1976 was between 12.7 °C and 31.9 °C and averaged 24.3 °C. There was 15.6 hours of sunshine (94%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
  • February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  • July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
  • 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.
  • October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
  • November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.

Day of burial July 7, 1976

• The temperature on July 7, 1976 was between 12.5 °C and 29.9 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 15.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 21 » Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
  • February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
  • April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
  • April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
  • September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.
  • December 2 » Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1975 » James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (b. 1922)