The temperature on November 5, 1916 was between 10.8 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
Day of marriage May 6, 1952
The temperature on May 6, 1952 was between 7.7 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
Day of death June 8, 1999
The temperature on June 8, 1999 was between 9.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
May 7 » Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
October 31 » Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Jos Elshof, "Family tree Elshof - Van Dartel", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-elshof-van-beek-meiberg-jonkman-van-dartel-strijkveen-kemper-aarnink/I8731.php : accessed May 22, 2024), "Antonius Josefus Hermanus "Anton" Bloo (1916-1999)".
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