Family tree Weening » Jan Dijkstra (1890-1970)

Day of marriage January 6, 1917

• The temperature on January 6, 1917 was between -0.6 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
  • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".

Day of death March 26, 1970

• The temperature on March 26, 1970 was between -3.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
  • April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
  • September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
  • September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
  • October 16 » Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
  • November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 » John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)
• 1973 » Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)