Family tree Boxma » Jan Boxma (1896-1972)

Day of marriage May 4, 1917

• The temperature on May 4, 1917 was between 6.4 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
  • July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
  • August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
  • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
  • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

Day of death October 9, 1972

• The temperature on October 9, 1972 was between 7.4 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
  • September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
  • September 5 » Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
  • September 30 » Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
  • November 11 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
  • November 28 » Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)
• 1969 » Don Hoak, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 1972 » Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (b. 1910)
• 1976 » Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894)