Family tree Weening » Piet van der Heide (1906-1974)

Christening day September 30, 1906

• The temperature on September 30, 1906 was between 3.1 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Day of death October 12, 1974

• The temperature on October 12, 1974 was between 4.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
  • February 4 » M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
  • February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
  • September 8 » Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
  • September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
  • November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian-American illustrator and painter (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet and academic (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Gene Vincent, American musician (b. 1935)
• 1972 » Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)