Family tree Steegs » Catharina Maria Hubertina "Catho" Steegs (1897-1978)

Day of marriage April 14, 1917

• The temperature on April 14, 1917 was between 1.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
  • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
  • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Day of death November 17, 1978

• The temperature on November 17, 1978 was between 6.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
  • March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
  • March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
  • August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
  • October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.

Day of burial November 21, 1978

• The temperature on November 21, 1978 was between 3.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
  • February 24 » The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
  • March 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
  • March 15 » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
  • August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
  • November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)