Theodorus Berkvens - 16.10.1893 Tiel - 17.09.1977 Culemborg (83jr) - Was fabrikant van rolluiken en markiezen. (Gehuwd te Den Haag met Neeltje Kerkhof (foto1 met Herlena & Hendrik ; foto 2 met Herlena en C. Vos-1905) 11.05.1897 Haaften - 28.06.61 Den Haag - 1kind:Cornelia Wilhelmina Berkvens 19.01.1924 Den Haag=gehuwd op 18 jarige leeftijd met Lucien Constatijn Brandon 24 jr, marinier, geb 12.08.1918 te Paramaribo.
The temperature on October 16, 1893 was about 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
Day of death September 17, 1977
The temperature on September 17, 1977 was between 7.5 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
April 5 » The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.
August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
September 7 » The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
September 27 » Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
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