Stamboom Ran » Anna Maria Ran (1890-1977)

Day of marriage April 14, 1915

• The temperature on April 14, 1915 was between 1.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
  • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
  • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
  • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.

Day of death September 2, 1977

• The temperature on September 2, 1977 was between 11.5 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
  • June 27 » France grants independence to Djibouti.
  • July 19 » The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41a.m. Eastern time (ET).
  • August 17 » The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
  • September 18 » Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
  • October 18 » German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Mabel Vernon, American activist (b. 1883)
• 1976 » Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1934)
• 1977 » Stephen Dunne, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (b. 1886)
• 1979 » Otto P. Weyland, American general (b. 1903)