Family tree Weening » Elizabeth de Roos (1912-2004)

Day of marriage March 5, 1938

• The temperature on March 5, 1938 was between -1.9 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
  • October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
  • December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

Day of death December 20, 2004

• The temperature on December 20, 2004 was between -5.0 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
  • May 15 » Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
  • June 24 » In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
  • October 2 » The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
  • November 21 » The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
  • December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (b. 1925)