Family tree De Kunder » Adriaan de Kunder (1898-1978)

Day of marriage July 14, 1921

• The temperature on July 14, 1921 was between 7.4 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
  • August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
  • October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
  • October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
  • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
  • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

Day of death February 23, 1978

• The temperature on February 23, 1978 was between 3.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
  • May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
  • August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
  • September 7 » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
  • September 16 » The 7.4 M_w  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
  • October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.

Day of burial February 27, 1978

• The temperature on February 27, 1978 was between 7.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • March 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
  • March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
  • April 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
  • November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.
  • December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)