Family tree Doppenberg » Gerrit Johannes Hoek (1891-1979)

Day of marriage February 7, 1919

• The temperature on February 7, 1919 was between -10.1 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -7.4 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
  • April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
  • June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
  • September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.

Day of death January 20, 1979

• The temperature on January 20, 1979 was between -4.6 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
  • March 25 » The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
  • April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
  • June 18 » SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
• 1980 » William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 » Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)