Family tree Menting » Hendrika Catharina Spronk (1892-1960)

Day of marriage January 27, 1917

• The temperature on January 27, 1917 was between -7.9 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.

Day of death May 12, 1960

• The temperature on May 12, 1960 was between 10.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
  • January 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
  • February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
  • April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
  • August 19 » Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
  • December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)