Family tree Dijst » Anna Maria Dijst (1880-1969)

Day of marriage September 24, 1903

• The temperature on September 24, 1903 was between 10.0 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (88%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

Day of death September 8, 1969

• The temperature on September 8, 1969 was between 9.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (78%). 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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
  • March 19 » The 385-metre-tall (1,263ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
  • March 25 » During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
  • July 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
  • October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
  • November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.

Day of burial September 11, 1969

• The temperature on September 11, 1969 was between 11.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
  • January 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
  • May 13 » May 13 Incident involving sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • July 21 » Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
  • October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
  • November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 1965 » Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868)
• 1969 » Bud Collyer, American game show host (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914)