Family tree Weening » Minke Molenaar (1895-1952)

Day of marriage May 16, 1928

• The temperature on May 16, 1928 was between 1.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

Day of death July 2, 1952

• The temperature on July 2, 1952 was between 17.4 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 23.4 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
  • February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
  • March 10 » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
  • April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
  • July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
  • July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)