Family tree Jacobs » Gerard Ziengs (1898-1980)

Day of marriage April 30, 1921

• The temperature on April 30, 1921 was between 6.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
  • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
  • March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
  • September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.

Day of death January 7, 1980

• The temperature on January 7, 1980 was between 0.8 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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)
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
  • February 24 » The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
  • July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
  • October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
  • October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
  • November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Alvar Lidell, English journalist and radio announcer(b. 1908)
• 1981 » Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Juan Rulfo, Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917))
• 1988 » Zara Cisco Brough, American Nipmuc Indian chief and fashion designer (b.1919)