Noordwijkerhout Van Toen (NoVaTo) » Wilhelmus Petrus "Willlem" van der Geest (1883-1977)

Day of marriage May 9, 1917

• The temperature on May 9, 1917 was between 5.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
  • February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  • June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Day of death May 25, 1977

• The temperature on May 25, 1977 was between 8.8 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
  • March 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
  • May 17 » Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California.
  • July 13 » New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
  • October 17 » The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
  • December 4 » Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli engineer, mystic, and author (b. 1923)
• 1981 » Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1912)
• 1983 » Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1904)