Family tree Smeets-van der Wulp » Johan Leopold "Lei" Smeets (1895-1971)

Day of marriage June 8, 1917

• The temperature on June 8, 1917 was between 15.6 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
  • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
  • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Day of death October 20, 1971

• The temperature on October 20, 1971 was between 9.0 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
  • March 29 » My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
  • April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
  • August 21 » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
  • August 27 » An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
  • October 28 » Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949)