Family tree Van Dijk » Derkje Christina (Det) Wichhart (1903-1977)

Day of marriage June 28, 1930

• The temperature on June 28, 1930 was between 9.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • February 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
  • March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
  • March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
  • June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
  • August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
  • December 16 » Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.

Day of death October 18, 1977

• The temperature on October 18, 1977 was between 4.8 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • 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 25 » About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
  • October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
  • October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
  • November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
  • December 18 » United Airlines Flight 2860 crashes near Kaysville, Utah, killing all three crew members on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1975 » K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)
• 1977 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)
• 1978 » Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)