Family tree Wernke » Johannes Potappel (1880-1970)

Day of marriage March 17, 1910

• The temperature on March 17, 1910 was between 2.2 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
  • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.

Day of death January 13, 1970

• The temperature on January 13, 1970 was between 1.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
  • March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
  • March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
  • July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
  • December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Anatole de Grunwald, Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Robert Still, English composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Turkish screenwriter and producer (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1906)
• 1974 » Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)