Family tree Weening » Wytze van der Herberg (1882-1957)

Day of marriage June 29, 1911

• The temperature on June 29, 1911 was between 11.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
  • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
  • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Day of death August 30, 1957

• The temperature on August 30, 1957 was between 7.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
  • March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
  • May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
  • August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
  • August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
  • September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Cristóbal de Losada y Puga, Peruvian mathematician (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (b. 1911)
• 1964 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English lawyer and politician (b. 1888)