Family tree Weening » Pieter Kooistra (1909-1988)

Day of marriage March 24, 1932

• The temperature on March 24, 1932 was between -4.1 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
  • July 30 » Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
  • August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
  • December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
  • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

Day of death January 22, 1988

• The temperature on January 22, 1988 was between 0.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
  • April 28 » Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
  • May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
  • May 8 » A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
  • July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
  • July 6 » The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)
• 1985 » Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1987 » R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (b. 1939)
• 1989 » S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic (b. 1924)
• 1991 » Robert Choquette, Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1993 » Kōbō Abe, Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)