Family tree Van Rumpt » Adrianus Steenbergen (1892-1978)

Day of marriage February 21, 1918

• The temperature on February 21, 1918 was between 2.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 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 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
  • August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
  • August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
  • October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
  • November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
  • December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.

Day of death January 1, 1978

• The temperature on January 1, 1978 was between 3.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
  • May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
  • July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
  • August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
  • August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
  • September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1984 » Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)