Family tree Klavers » Pieter Entjes (1891-1966)

Day of marriage May 7, 1914

• The temperature on May 7, 1914 was between 7.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
  • August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
  • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Day of death October 16, 1966

• The temperature on October 16, 1966 was between 10.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
  • April 26 » The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
  • June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
  • August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
  • August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
  • November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1966 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)