Family tree Engel-Van Mierlo » Johanna Maria van Delft (1888-1979)

Day of marriage February 17, 1914

• The temperature on February 17, 1914 was between 3.2 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 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.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
  • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.

Day of death July 25, 1979

• The temperature on July 25, 1979 was between 13.5 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
  • June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
  • July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • September 7 » The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5billion to avoid bankruptcy.
  • October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Amy Jacques Garvey, Jamaican-American journalist and activist (b. 1895)
• 1980 » Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
• 1981 » Rosa A. González, Puerto Rican nurse, author, feminist, and activist (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)