Family tree De Kunder » Johanna Hendrika de Kunder (1896-1974)

Day of marriage October 27, 1920

• The temperature on October 27, 1920 was between -3.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
  • May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
  • May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
  • October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.

Day of death January 13, 1974

• The temperature on January 13, 1974 was between 5.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • March 8 » Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
  • May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
  • June 26 » The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
  • September 8 » Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
  • September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
  • October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Robert Still, English composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Turkish screenwriter and producer (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1906)
• 1974 » Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
• 1977 » Henri Langlois, Turkish-French historian, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)