Family tree Janneke Smids » Elisabeth Jans "Lies" Dijkstra (1885-1975)

Day of marriage June 4, 1910

• The temperature on June 4, 1910 was between 10.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
  • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  • August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
  • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

Day of death March 15, 1975

• The temperature on March 15, 1975 was between 2.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 14.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • July 15 » Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
  • July 17 » Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
  • September 14 » The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
  • September 16 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
  • September 30 » The AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. Eight years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line.
  • November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)