Sluzigers (e.a.) » Albert Johan Vinke (1895-1968)

Day of marriage May 5, 1921

• The temperature on May 5, 1921 was between 0.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
  • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
  • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
  • July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
  • October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of death January 14, 1968

• The temperature on January 14, 1968 was between -4.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 12.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • 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.
  • February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
  • August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
  • November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
  • December 11 » The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.
  • December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

Day of burial January 17, 1968

• The temperature on January 17, 1968 was between 5.7 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
  • March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
  • April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
  • April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
  • November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
  • December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Asım Gündüz, Turkish general (b. 1880)
• 1970 » William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)