Family tree van Bakel » Hendrik Casper Radius (1891-1967)

Day of marriage June 28, 1917

• The temperature on June 28, 1917 was between 11.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Day of death December 16, 1967

• The temperature on December 16, 1967 was between 0.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
  • May 17 » Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
  • October 21 » The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
  • October 29 » Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
  • November 11 » Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.
  • November 28 » The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
• 1969 » Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
• 1970 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)