Family tree De Kunder » Cornelia Johanna Beek (1891-1970)

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.
  • January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
  • 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.
  • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
  • July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
  • September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
  • October 11 » The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.

Day of death September 23, 1970

• The temperature on September 23, 1970 was between 5.1 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • April 12 » Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
  • September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
  • October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
  • November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
  • November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
  • December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.

Day of burial September 26, 1970

• The temperature on September 26, 1970 was between 10.9 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
  • April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
  • May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
  • May 31 » The 7.9 M_w  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
  • June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
  • July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
• 1971 » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)