Family tree Weening » Sipke Borger (1893-1983)

Day of marriage June 3, 1915

• The temperature on June 3, 1915 was between 8.9 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
  • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.

Day of death January 10, 1983

• The temperature on January 10, 1983 was between 2.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 8 » Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
  • March 11 » Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
  • July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
  • July 21 » The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−128.6°F).
  • September 12 » The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
  • November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
• 1980 » George Meany, American plumber and trade union leader (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player and scout (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
• 1984 » Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)