Family tree Keesman » Henderina Meuldijk (1900-1973)

Day of marriage July 7, 1924

• The temperature on July 7, 1924 was between 9.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
  • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
  • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
  • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
  • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

Day of death November 5, 1973

• The temperature on November 5, 1973 was between 3.5 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
  • March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
  • April 28 » The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
  • July 12 » A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
  • August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
  • October 31 » Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (b. 1905)
• 1977 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (b. 1926)