Kramer Family Tree » Afke Rienks Vlieger (1876-1969)

Day of marriage March 10, 1900

• The temperature on March 10, 1900 was about 5.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Day of death February 1, 1969

• The temperature on February 1, 1969 was between 0.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
  • April 22 » British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
  • July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
  • October 17 » The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
  • November 19 » Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.
  • December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

Day of burial February 5, 1969

• The temperature on February 5, 1969 was between 0.8 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
  • April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
  • June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
  • August 15 » The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
  • August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
  • September 14 » The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Buster Keaton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Echol Cole and Robert Walker - sparking the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
• 1970 » Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
• 1976 » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)