Family tree Oving » Hendrik KIERS (1881-1962)

Day of marriage September 17, 1914

• The temperature on September 17, 1914 was between 10.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
  • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.

Day of death February 7, 1962

• The temperature on February 7, 1962 was between 5.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
  • April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
  • July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
  • September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)