Family tree Klavers » Geertje Zwiggelaar (1893-1960)

Day of marriage April 26, 1916

• The temperature on April 26, 1916 was between 8.4 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • 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.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
  • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Day of death February 6, 1960

• The temperature on February 6, 1960 was between -2.8 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
  • January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
  • March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
  • March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
  • December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
• 1958 » victims of the Munich air disaster
• 1963 » Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)
• 1964 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)
• 1967 » Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)