Family tree Vermoolen/Vermolen » Petrus Vleerlaag (1887-1970)

Day of marriage June 24, 1909

• The temperature on June 24, 1909 was between 9.6 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
  • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.

Day of death April 12, 1970

• The temperature on April 12, 1970 was between 3.3 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
  • May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
  • July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
  • October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
  • November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
  • November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)