Family tree Diverse » Pieter van Loenen (1896-1976)

Day of marriage May 20, 1920

• The temperature on May 20, 1920 was between 6.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
  • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
  • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
  • October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
  • December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

Day of death March 15, 1976

• The temperature on March 15, 1976 was between 0.9 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
  • February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
  • July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
  • September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
  • October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
  • December 2 » Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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)
• 1977 » Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)
• 1981 » René Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898)