Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Leonardus Johannes van Gerven (1888-1976)

Day of marriage May 20, 1914

• The temperature on May 20, 1914 was between 8.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (82%). 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 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.
  • June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death March 4, 1976

• The temperature on March 4, 1976 was between -0.3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
  • March 4 » The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
  • March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
  • May 7 » The Honda Accord is officially launched.
  • August 12 » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
  • September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » John Marvin Jones, American judge and politician (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
• 1977 » Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
• 1977 » William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)