Family tree De Kunder » Petronella Peters (1891-1979)

Day of marriage May 8, 1918

• The temperature on May 8, 1918 was between 7.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
  • May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
  • June 1 » World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
  • July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
  • October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
  • November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.

Day of death May 12, 1979

• The temperature on May 12, 1979 was between 7.9 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
  • March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
  • July 9 » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
  • October 1 » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
  • October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
  • November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.

Day of burial May 16, 1979

• The temperature on May 16, 1979 was between 13.3 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
  • April 10 » Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
  • May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
  • July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • November 14 » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
  • December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1973 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
• 1974 » Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)