Family tree De Kunder » Josephus Hermanus Wijers (1891-1968)

Day of marriage August 16, 1918

• The temperature on August 16, 1918 was between 6.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
  • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
  • July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
  • August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
  • November 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
  • November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.

Day of death June 1, 1968

• The temperature on June 1, 1968 was between 10.0 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
  • March 17 » As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
  • September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
  • October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
  • October 26 » Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
  • December 25 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.

Day of burial June 5, 1968

• The temperature on June 5, 1968 was between 9.8 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
  • April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
  • July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
  • November 1 » The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
  • November 11 » Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
  • November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
• 1968 » André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (b. 1892)