Family tree Weening » Johannes "John" Postma (1907-2006)

Day of marriage May 16, 1936

• The temperature on May 16, 1936 was between 10.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
  • April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
  • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.

Day of death December 8, 2006

• The temperature on December 8, 2006 was between 7.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
  • April 1 » Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.
  • May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
  • August 4 » A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
  • October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
  • December 5 » Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 2005 » Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge (b. 1914)
• 2006 » José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
• 2006 » Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983)
• 2008 » Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)