Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Hendrik Westmaas (1892-1971)

Day of marriage March 6, 1914

• The temperature on March 6, 1914 was between 6.0 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
  • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.

Day of death June 14, 1971

• The temperature on June 14, 1971 was between 6.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 21.3 mm of rain during 10.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
  • May 26 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
  • June 30 » The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
  • August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • December 5 » Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Alan Reed, American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (b.1907)
• 1977 » Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1979 » Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1939)