Family tree Van Rijn » Hendrica Geertruida Vork (1891-1970)

Day of marriage February 11, 1916

• The temperature on February 11, 1916 was between -1.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
  • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

Day of death November 5, 1970

• The temperature on November 5, 1970 was between 7.4 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • April 6 » Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
  • August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
  • August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
  • September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
  • November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
  • November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (b. 1905)