Family tree van Spijk en vele anderen! » Cornelis van der Marel (1882-1965)

Day of marriage April 18, 1907

• The temperature on April 18, 1907 was between 1.4 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Day of death July 13, 1965

• The temperature on July 13, 1965 was between 14.3 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
  • August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
  • August 19 » Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
  • September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
  • November 8 » The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
  • December 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Joy Davidman, American-English poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Photis Kontoglou, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Tom Simpson, English cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1970 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Willy Fritsch, German actor and screenwriter (b. 1901)