Family tree Weening » Hendrikje van der West (1897-1970)

Day of marriage March 14, 1917

• The average temperature on March 14, 1917 was 4.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
  • May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
  • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.

Day of death February 2, 1970

• The temperature on February 2, 1970 was between -4.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • June 4 » Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • August 9 » LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.
  • October 16 » Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
  • November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
  • November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
• 1969 » Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1970 » Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)