Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Maarten van Erven (1884-1974)

Day of marriage December 8, 1909

• The temperature on December 8, 1909 was between -0.1 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
  • May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
  • August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
  • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

Day of death June 26, 1974

• The temperature on June 26, 1974 was between 11.8 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
  • February 4 » The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
  • February 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
  • May 18 » Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
  • June 29 » Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
  • December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
• 1964 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)