Family tree De Backer - Evers » Anna van Schaijk (1889-1975)

Day of marriage April 17, 1909

• The temperature on April 17, 1909 was between 3.9 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.

Day of death January 29, 1975

• The temperature on January 29, 1975 was between 1.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
  • March 11 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune from the South Vietnamese army.
  • June 24 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.
  • June 29 » Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
  • September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
  • November 27 » The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
• 1970 » B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
• 1978 » Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)
• 1980 » Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)