Family tree Van Ninhuijs » michiel conrardus joseph (miesj) zegers (1912-1978)

Day of marriage April 12, 1937

• The temperature on April 12, 1937 was between 1.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
  • April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
  • May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
  • June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
  • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
  • December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).

Day of death May 9, 1978

• The temperature on May 9, 1978 was between 6.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
  • June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
  • June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
  • June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
  • August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
  • December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

Day of burial May 13, 1978

• The temperature on May 13, 1978 was between 1.8 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • March 2 » Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
  • June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
  • August 17 » Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
  • November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
  • December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
  • December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1977 » James Jones, American novelist (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)
• 1979 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Eddie Jefferson, American singer and lyricist (b. 1918)