Family tree Jacobs » Harm van Wijk (1889-1975)

Day of marriage July 18, 1912

• The temperature on July 18, 1912 was between 11.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
  • November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Day of death April 2, 1975

• The temperature on April 2, 1975 was between 1.4 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
  • February 5 » Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
  • June 5 » The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
  • August 27 » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
  • September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
  • November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)