Family tree Weening » Johanna de Poel (1901-1989)

Day of marriage April 2, 1924

• The temperature on April 2, 1924 was between -1.2 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
  • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
  • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
  • July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
  • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.

Day of death May 19, 1989

• The temperature on May 19, 1989 was between 11.3 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
  • April 21 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
  • May 4 » Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
  • May 30 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
  • July 26 » A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
  • September 8 » Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1986 » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)