Family tree Van Dijk » Wilhelmina Cornelia Smits (1895-1964)

Day of marriage July 28, 1920

• The temperature on July 28, 1920 was between 4.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
  • March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
  • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
  • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
  • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.

Day of death July 12, 1964

• The temperature on July 12, 1964 was between 14.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 30 » In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
  • 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.
  • May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
  • July 19 » Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
  • August 12 » South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
  • October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1962 » Roger Wolfe Kahn, American composer and bandleader (b. 1907)
• 1965 » Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (b. 1898)
• 1966 » D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher and author (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (b. 1914)