Family tree Weening » Jan van der Bij (1898-1970)

Day of marriage February 5, 1927

• The temperature on February 5, 1927 was between -0.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
  • April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  • June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
  • July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
  • November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

Day of death March 30, 1970

• The temperature on March 30, 1970 was between 5.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 8.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 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.
  • February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
  • April 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
  • April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
  • August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
  • November 14 » Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
  • November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Frank Thorpe, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Jean Toomer, American poet and novelist (b. 1894)
• 1969 » Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Heinrich Brüning, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Mahir Çayan, Turkish politician (b. 1946)