Family tree Bak » willem cornelisz "willem" bak (1926-1978)

Day of marriage June 6, 1956

• The temperature on June 6, 1956 was between 4.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
  • June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
  • July 9 » The 7.7 M_w  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
  • September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
  • September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
  • November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

Day of death June 25, 1978

• The temperature on June 25, 1978 was between 7.8 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)
  • March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
  • June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
  • July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
  • October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • December 4 » Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.

Day of burial June 29, 1978

• The temperature on June 29, 1978 was between 13.5 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
  • June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
  • November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
  • December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
  • December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.
  • December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (b. 1909)
• 1977 » Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Olave Baden-Powell, British Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting leader (b. 1889)
• 1979 » Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Felipe Cossío del Pomar, Peruvian painter and political activist (b. 1888)