Family tree Beekes » Helena Hendrika "Leentje" Beekes (1882-1971)

Day of marriage December 2, 1908

• The temperature on December 2, 1908 was between 0.5 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
  • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

Day of death August 22, 1971

• The temperature on August 22, 1971 was between 13.4 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
  • May 27 » Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
  • September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
  • November 12 » Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
  • December 6 » Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
  • December 14 » Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)