Family tree Van Rijn » Maartje Sneek (1879-1970)

Day of marriage May 11, 1905

• The temperature on May 11, 1905 was between 5.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.

Day of death September 9, 1970

• The temperature on September 9, 1970 was between 13.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
  • April 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
  • April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
  • August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
  • September 28 » Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
  • November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.

Day of burial September 12, 1970

• The temperature on September 12, 1970 was between 11.0 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The 7.1 M_w  Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
  • March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
  • May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
  • August 7 » California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
  • August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
  • September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906)
• 1975 » John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)