Family tree Donkel » Pieter Hendrik Antonie Donkel (1885-1971)

Day of marriage September 21, 1910

• The temperature on September 21, 1910 was between 3.3 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
  • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
  • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
  • November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.

Day of death March 15, 1971

• The temperature on March 15, 1971 was between 2.0 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
  • May 1 » Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
  • August 14 » Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.
  • August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
  • September 8 » In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
  • October 29 » In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.

Day of burial March 18, 1971

• The temperature on March 18, 1971 was between 5.7 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • March 26 » East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
  • April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
  • November 15 » Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
  • November 24 » During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
  • December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
  • December 16 » The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)