Family tree Klavers » Joannes Petrus Wilhelmus Schoenmaker (1893-1977)

Day of marriage May 23, 1914

• The temperature on May 23, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
  • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
  • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.

Day of death May 7, 1977

• The temperature on May 7, 1977 was between 2.4 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • February 18 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
  • May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
  • July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
  • July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
  • August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
  • December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)