Family tree Weening » Gerlof Zijlstra (1868-1927)

Day of marriage January 31, 1895

• The temperature on January 31, 1895 was about -5.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
  • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
  • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
  • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
  • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
  • December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

Day of death July 15, 1927

• The temperature on July 15, 1927 was between 12.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). 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 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.
  • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
  • May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
  • December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)