Family tree Kaper » John Douglas Ritchart (1906-1974)
Personal data John Douglas Ritchart
- He was born on December 1, 1906 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, VS.
- He died on May 29, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, VS, he was 67 years old.
- A child of John Charles Ritchart and Martje (Marie) Kaper (Krottje)
Household of John Douglas Ritchart
He is married to Vera van Rein.
They got married
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- John Douglas Ritchart 1933-1961
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Birthday December 1, 1906
- The temperature on December 1, 1906 was between 0.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
- September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
- November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
- December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
- December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death May 29, 1974
- The temperature on May 29, 1974 was between 2.4 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
- January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
- July 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
- August 7 » Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417m) in the air.
- September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
- November 13 » Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
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- 1970 » Eva Hesse, American artist (b. 1936)
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- 1972 » Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
- 1972 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (b. 1878)
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- 1977 » Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893)
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Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I77285.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "John Douglas Ritchart (1906-1974)".
Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I77285.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "John Douglas Ritchart (1906-1974)".