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 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
  • April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
  • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
  • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  • May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
  • November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

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.
  • March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
  • March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
  • March 28 » An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
  • April 29 » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
  • July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
  • September 8 » Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.

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 5 » The 7.1 M_w  Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
  • August 15 » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
  • August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
  • September 5 » Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
  • September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
  • November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

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)