Family tree van Mourik/Maurik » Klazina Poortvliet (1902-1997)

Day of marriage May 13, 1927

• The temperature on May 13, 1927 was between 0.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
  • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
  • July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
  • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
  • October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
  • December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

Day of death March 8, 1997

• The temperature on March 8, 1997 was between 4.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
  • May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
  • August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
  • October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
  • November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
  • November 12 » Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Jack Churchill, British colonel (b. 1906)
• 1997 » Gershon Liebman, French rabbi (b. 1905)
• 1998 » Ray Nitschke, American football player and actor (b. 1936)
• 1999 » Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)