Family tree Crapts » Joannes Andreas "Drees" Drossaert (1899-1968)

Day of marriage February 10, 1923

• The temperature on February 10, 1923 was between 0.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
  • July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
  • September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
  • September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
  • October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.

Day of death May 6, 1968

• The temperature on May 6, 1968 was between 4.0 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
  • February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
  • April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
  • August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
  • November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
  • November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.

Day of burial May 10, 1968

• The temperature on May 10, 1968 was between 8.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
  • March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
  • April 29 » The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
  • September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
  • October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
  • December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
• 1973 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)