Family tree Groot, Schellinkhout » Anna van Langen (1899-1979)

Day of marriage April 25, 1921

• The temperature on April 25, 1921 was between 1.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
  • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
  • July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
  • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
  • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

Day of death January 10, 1979

• The temperature on January 10, 1979 was between -1.7 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
  • February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
  • February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
  • June 2 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
  • July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
  • July 11 » America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
• 1978 » Hannah Gluckstein, British painter (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 1980 » Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
• 1980 » George Meany, American plumber and trade union leader (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player and scout (b. 1900)