Family tree De Duffelt » Christianus "1890 " Huls (1890-1975)

Day of marriage November 1, 1917

• The temperature on November 1, 1917 was between 1.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
  • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Day of death December 31, 1975

• The temperature on December 31, 1975 was between 3.6 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 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 5 » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
  • March 11 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune from the South Vietnamese army.
  • April 8 » Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
  • July 30 » Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
  • July 31 » The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
  • December 26 » Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach2, went into service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)