Ancestors Vriesen » Elisabeth van Crugten (1883-1974)

Day of marriage February 28, 1917

• The temperature on February 28, 1917 was between 0.1 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
  • August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

Day of death October 10, 1974

• The temperature on October 10, 1974 was between 1.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
  • March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
  • March 29 » NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
  • May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
  • June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
  • September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)
• 1974 » Werner Heyking, Danish actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 1976 » Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)