Family tree Ham » Gerritdina Jantina Twiest (1887-1977)

Day of marriage September 18, 1909

• The temperature on September 18, 1909 was between 10.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
  • April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

Day of death January 22, 1977

• The temperature on January 22, 1977 was between 3.7 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
  • June 10 » James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
  • July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
  • August 15 » The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
  • December 18 » United Airlines Flight 2860 crashes near Kaysville, Utah, killing all three crew members on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Andrew George Burry, Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1873)
• 1977 » Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel, Saudi Arabian diplomat (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Oliver Leese, English general (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
• 1980 » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888)