Family tree Wernke » Arie Johannes Paul (1891-1970)

Day of marriage August 5, 1915

• The temperature on August 5, 1915 was between 9.5 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
  • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.

Day of death November 20, 1970

• The temperature on November 20, 1970 was between 2.2 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 31 » Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
  • 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.
  • September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
  • September 8 » Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
  • November 13 » Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
  • November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian writer and journalist (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Francisco Franco, Spanish Fascist dictator (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)