Family tree Kesting (div) » Jan de Boer (1889-1966)

Day of marriage August 6, 1913

• The temperature on August 6, 1913 was between 4.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
  • October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.

Day of death April 27, 1966

• The temperature on April 27, 1966 was between 8.3 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
  • March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
  • March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
  • May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
  • June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
  • December 27 » The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Day of burial May 2, 1966

• The temperature on May 2, 1966 was between 10.5 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
  • June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
  • July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
  • August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
  • October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
  • November 2 » The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
• 1970 » Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)