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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • 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.
  • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

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.
  • April 15 » The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
  • May 20 » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
  • October 9 » In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
  • November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
  • November 24 » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
  • December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.

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 12 » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
  • January 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
  • March 17 » Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
  • March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
  • July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
  • August 10 » A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

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)