Family tree Klavers » Geert Smit (1890-1977)

Day of marriage April 17, 1914

• The temperature on April 17, 1914 was between 1.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
  • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.

Day of death November 22, 1977

• The temperature on November 22, 1977 was between 1.2 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • March 16 » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil 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.
  • September 7 » The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
  • September 25 » About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
  • November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
  • December 5 » Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (b. 1936)
• 1980 » Jules Léger, Canadian journalist and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Mae West, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)
• 1981 » Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (b. 1910)