1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War 1969 Armstrong first person on moon 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl 1989 Berlin wall falls

1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)

1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight

			Peter Hermanus Pinxteren  b. Living  d.
							Willem Plak  b.1867 Reeuwijk, Netherlands  d.1907 Reeuwijk, Netherlands
				Jan Plak  b.1901 Reeuwijk, Netherlands  d.1997			Adriana Verweij  b.1876 Reeuwijk, Netherlands  d.1955 Reeuwijk, Netherlands
			Adriana Plak  b. Living  d.
				Maria Hendrika Elisabeth van Dam  b.1908 Stolwijk, Netherlands  d.1997 Gouda, Netherlands

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