Family tree Pullen » Gerrit "Gait" Pullen (1923-1976)

Christening day January 27, 1924

• The temperature on January 27, 1924 was between -0.8 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
  • April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
  • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
  • October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
  • December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

Day of marriage May 31, 1957

• The temperature on May 31, 1957 was between 5.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
  • July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
  • July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
  • July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
  • October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
  • December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Day of death May 8, 1976

• The temperature on May 8, 1976 was between 14.2 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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)
• 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 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
  • April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
  • June 5 » The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses.
  • July 28 » The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
  • August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
  • November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.

Day of burial May 13, 1976

• The temperature on May 13, 1976 was between 1.8 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.
  • April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
  • August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
  • September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.
  • October 11 » George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
  • November 26 » "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)
• 1972 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (b. 1880)
• 1975 » Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (b. 1887)
• 1980 » Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (b. 1943)