Family tree Jan Werkman » Anje de Vries (1891-1968)

Day of marriage May 3, 1913

• The temperature on May 3, 1913 was between 6.4 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  • February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
  • March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
  • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.

Day of death October 28, 1968

• The temperature on October 28, 1968 was between 6.0 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
  • February 1 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
  • February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
  • March 7 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
  • April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
  • July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.

Day of cremation October 31, 1968

• The temperature on October 31, 1968 was between 12.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
  • March 17 » As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
  • March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
  • July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
  • August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
  • November 17 » Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)
• 1970 » Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 1973 » Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)