Family tree Den Os open eindjes 2015 » Clara Maria Reij (1887-1967)

Day of marriage January 20, 1909

• The temperature on January 20, 1909 was between -0.1 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
  • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

Day of death December 30, 1967

• The temperature on December 30, 1967 was between -1.0 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • February 10 » The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
  • June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
  • June 26 » Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
  • August 14 » UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
  • October 18 » The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
  • November 15 » The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.

Day of burial January 4, 1968

• The temperature on January 4, 1968 was between -1.6 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • March 16 » Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
  • April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
  • July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
  • August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
  • November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
• 1971 » Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1919)