Family tree Weening » Hendrik Sytze Kooistra (1908-1974)

Day of marriage October 11, 1934

• The temperature on October 11, 1934 was between 12.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
  • July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
  • July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
  • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
  • November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
  • December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

Day of death November 29, 1974

• The temperature on November 29, 1974 was between 4.1 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
  • June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
  • August 30 » A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
  • September 1 » The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353km/h).
  • September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
  • December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)
• 1972 » Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1974 » James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
• 1975 » Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
• 1980 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)