Family tree Eussen » Alexander Jozef MEYERS (1901-1970)

Day of marriage September 23, 1927

• The temperature on September 23, 1927 was between 10.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
  • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
  • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

Day of death October 14, 1970

• The temperature on October 14, 1970 was between 6.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • May 15 » President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
  • September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
  • September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
  • November 14 » Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
  • November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
  • December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.

Day of burial October 17, 1970

• The temperature on October 17, 1970 was between 2.6 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
  • March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
  • April 15 » During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
  • June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
  • November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
  • November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1969 » August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1914)
• 1969 » Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897)