Family tree Kesting (div) » Jansje Kesting (1887-1967)

Day of marriage April 20, 1927

• The temperature on April 20, 1927 was between 5.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
  • December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
  • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Day of death September 15, 1967

• The temperature on September 15, 1967 was between 12.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.
  • January 27 » Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
  • April 29 » After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
  • June 26 » Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
  • October 9 » A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
  • November 21 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)