Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Jacobus van Keulen (1889-1975)

Day of marriage February 19, 1909

• The temperature on February 19, 1909 was between -3.1 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
  • March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
  • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Day of death June 26, 1975

• The temperature on June 26, 1975 was between 7.1 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • September 22 » Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
  • September 28 » The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
  • October 1 » Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
  • October 16 » Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
  • November 22 » Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
  • November 27 » The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)
• 1990 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (b. 1909)