Family tree Weening » Dirk Bekkema (1890-1977)

Day of marriage August 25, 1916

• The temperature on August 25, 1916 was between 14.7 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.

Day of death September 25, 1977

• The temperature on September 25, 1977 was between 9.7 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • April 11 » London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
  • July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
  • August 15 » The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
  • September 18 » Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
  • November 26 » An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 » John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1980 » Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b. 1883)
• 1983 » Leopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)