Family tree Blom-Hooft, vdGrootevheen, Hooft, Markhorst, Derksen, Enckhof, vEmden » Sophia Maria Van Rijn (1880-1967)

Day of marriage October 17, 1901

• The temperature on October 17, 1901 was between 7.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
  • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Day of death October 3, 1967

• The temperature on October 3, 1967 was between 8.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
  • April 14 » Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
  • July 23 » Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
  • September 20 » RMSQueen Elizabeth 2 is launched Clydebank, Scotland.
  • November 30 » The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
  • December 21 » Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.

Day of burial October 7, 1967

• The temperature on October 7, 1967 was between 13.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
  • April 14 » Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
  • June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
  • July 24 » During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
  • October 8 » Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
  • December 13 » Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)