Family tree Jacobs » Christiaan Rosielle (1899-1977)

Day of marriage August 4, 1920

• The temperature on August 4, 1920 was between 11.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (46%). 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.
  • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
  • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
  • August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

Day of death April 4, 1977

• The temperature on April 4, 1977 was between -1.5 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 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.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.
  • July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
  • August 15 » The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • 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.
  • November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
  • November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1979 » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (b. 1928)
• 1980 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)