Family tree Ham » Hillechien Potze (1891-1979)

Day of marriage April 24, 1915

• The temperature on April 24, 1915 was between 5.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
  • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

Day of death November 16, 1979

• The temperature on November 16, 1979 was between -1.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
  • March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
  • July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
  • October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
  • October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, author, and educator (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Jack Foster, English cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)