Family tree Weening » Johannes Pietersma (1890-1958)

Day of marriage August 27, 1920

• The temperature on August 27, 1920 was between 7.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
  • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
  • October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
  • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.

Day of death December 7, 1958

• The temperature on December 7, 1958 was between -3.2 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
  • March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
  • April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
  • May 30 » Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
  • October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
  • November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)