Markus family tree » Hendrik Marinus Veerbeek (1890-1974)

Day of marriage July 1, 1920

• The temperature on July 1, 1920 was between 8.6 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
  • January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
  • August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
  • December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

Day of death November 12, 1974

• The temperature on November 12, 1974 was between 3.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
  • May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
  • July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
  • September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
  • September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
  • November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.

Day of burial November 16, 1974

• The temperature on November 16, 1974 was between 4.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 9.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
  • April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
  • May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
  • 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.
  • December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
  • December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Johanna von Caemmerer, German mathematician († 1971)
• 1972 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)