Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Peter Vos (1902-1968)

Day of marriage July 27, 1928

• The temperature on July 27, 1928 was between 13.3 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.

Day of death June 24, 1968

• The temperature on June 24, 1968 was between 10.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
  • February 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
  • July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
  • July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
  • August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
  • October 14 » The 6.5 M_w  Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.

Day of burial June 28, 1968

• The temperature on June 28, 1968 was between 11.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 12.1 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
  • April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
  • April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
  • July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
  • November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
  • December 22 » Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)