Family tree Brinksma » Jan Romkes van der Wal (1895-1965)

Day of marriage June 23, 1917

• The temperature on June 23, 1917 was between 10.2 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
  • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

Day of death August 29, 1965

• The temperature on August 29, 1965 was between 9.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • February 18 » The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • March 5 » March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
  • March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
  • August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • November 9 » A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
  • November 16 » Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
• 1971 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)