Family tree Weening » Grietje Folkersma (1896-1983)

Day of marriage May 16, 1918

• The temperature on May 16, 1918 was between 9.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
  • April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
  • June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
  • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
  • August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
  • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

Day of death August 28, 1983

• The temperature on August 28, 1983 was between 13.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
  • June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
  • July 16 » Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
  • September 26 » Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
  • October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
  • November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901)
• 1985 » Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist (b. 1903)
• 1987 » John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)