Family tree Jan Werkman » Bouke van Dam (1891-1974)

Day of marriage February 26, 1916

• The temperature on February 26, 1916 was between -1.8 and 4.5 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
  • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
  • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Day of death November 12, 1974

• The temperature on November 12, 1974 was between 3.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). 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 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
  • April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
  • May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
  • August 30 » A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
  • November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
  • December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Johanna von Caemmerer, German mathematician († 1971)
• 1972 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)