Family tree Dessing » Johanna Slootweg (1887-1979)

Day of marriage November 6, 1909

• The temperature on November 6, 1909 was between 0.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Day of death January 11, 1979

• The temperature on January 11, 1979 was between 0.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • January 25 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
  • June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
  • August 27 » The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.
  • September 13 » South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
  • September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
  • October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Paul Lynde, American Actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1985 » Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1985 » William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)