Family tree Jonker » Hendrik Jonker (1891-1962)

Day of marriage July 4, 1912

• The temperature on July 4, 1912 was between 9.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
  • December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

Day of death May 17, 1962

• The temperature on May 17, 1962 was between 8.1 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
  • March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
  • July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
  • August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • August 30 » Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
  • October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.

Day of burial May 24, 1962

• The temperature on May 24, 1962 was between 7.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
  • March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
  • June 1 » Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
  • July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
  • October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
  • October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)
• 1960 » Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1963 » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898)