Family tree Servaes, Maastricht/Venlo/Straelen/Neuss/Düsseldorf » Johannes Hubertus "Sjeng" Sondeijker (1899-1977)

Day of marriage December 17, 1926

• The temperature on December 17, 1926 was between 5.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
  • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
  • November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

Day of death November 29, 1977

• The temperature on November 29, 1977 was between -1.7 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • March 16 » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
  • July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
  • August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
  • September 7 » The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
  • October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.
  • November 8 » Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.

Day of burial December 2, 1977

• The temperature on December 2, 1977 was between -3.0 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
  • August 13 » Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
  • October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
  • October 17 » The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
  • November 26 » An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
  • December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
• 1975 » Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
• 1980 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)
• 1980 » George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
• 1981 » Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)