Family tree Van Wely » Hannes Ulrich van Wely (1902-1975)

Day of marriage August 15, 1935

• The temperature on August 15, 1935 was between 11.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (45%). 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
  • February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
  • May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
  • May 31 » A 7.7 M_w  earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
  • August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
  • December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

Day of death September 13, 1975

• The temperature on September 13, 1975 was between 10.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • April 28 » General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
  • April 30 » Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
  • June 29 » Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
  • August 23 » The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
  • November 3 » Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.
  • December 29 » A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.

Day of burial September 18, 1975

• The temperature on September 18, 1975 was between 10.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
  • January 30 » The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
  • February 28 » In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
  • May 6 » During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian Genocide.
  • September 8 » Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
  • September 16 » Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
• 1977 » Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)