Family tree Van Ekelenburg » Johannes van Ekelenburg (1889-1983)

Christening day December 15, 1889

• The temperature on December 15, 1889 was about -0.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Day of marriage February 23, 1916

• The temperature on February 23, 1916 was between -2.7 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.

Day of death June 14, 1983

• The temperature on June 14, 1983 was between 8.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
  • February 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
  • September 17 » Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
  • November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
  • November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
  • December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.

Day of burial June 18, 1983

• The temperature on June 18, 1983 was between 9.9 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
  • February 24 » A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
  • March 11 » Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • June 5 » More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
  • June 13 » Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1979 » Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Alan Jay Lerner, American composer and songwriter (b. 1918)
• 1986 » Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Stanisław Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)