Family tree Servaes, Maastricht/Venlo/Straelen/Neuss/Düsseldorf » Christiaan Knipschild (1903-1970)

Day of marriage August 6, 1924

• The temperature on August 6, 1924 was between 11.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
  • October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
  • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
  • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

Day of death June 11, 1970

• The temperature on June 11, 1970 was between 13.5 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The 7.1 M_w  Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
  • April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
  • October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
  • November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
  • November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
  • December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Paul B. Coremans, Belgian chemist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (b. 1884)
• 1974 » Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian general and politician, 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and author (b. 1898)
• 1976 » Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)