Family tree Klavers » Harm Schoonewelle (1889-1976)

Day of marriage September 26, 1907

• The temperature on September 26, 1907 was between 10.3 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

Day of death July 2, 1976

• The temperature on July 2, 1976 was between 12.7 °C and 31.9 °C and averaged 24.3 °C. There was 15.6 hours of sunshine (94%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
  • April 7 » Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.
  • October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
  • October 11 » George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
  • October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
  • October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1975 » James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (b. 1922)