Descendants van de Vlag1 » Johannes Licht (1888-1968)

Day of marriage December 20, 1913

• The temperature on December 20, 1913 was between -4.1 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  • February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
  • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  • April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
  • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
  • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.

Day of death March 20, 1968

• The temperature on March 20, 1968 was between 4.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
  • July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
  • October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
  • November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
  • November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1894)