Family tree Jacobs » Theodorus Joannes Ragas (1890-1972)

Day of marriage May 1, 1916

• The temperature on May 1, 1916 was between 7.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

Day of death May 5, 1972

• The temperature on May 5, 1972 was between 10.3 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
  • March 22 » In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
  • April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
  • May 15 » The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
  • October 11 » A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
  • November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)