Family tree Van Dijk » Peter Johannes van Gils (1893-1964)

Day of marriage May 13, 1918

• The temperature on May 13, 1918 was between 2.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
  • May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
  • September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
  • November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
  • November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Day of death October 12, 1964

• The temperature on October 12, 1964 was between 2.9 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
  • January 25 » Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
  • May 2 » Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
  • June 28 » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
  • August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • August 27 » South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1964 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)