Family tree Brouwer - Koster » Lipkjen Arends (1890-1971)

Day of marriage August 16, 1911

• The temperature on August 16, 1911 was between 12.1 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
  • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
  • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
  • September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.

Day of death February 14, 1971

• The temperature on February 14, 1971 was between 2.2 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
  • March 29 » My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
  • May 20 » In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
  • June 7 » The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
  • December 1 » Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (b. 1880)
• 1974 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1887)
• 1975 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (b. 1881)