Family tree Weening » Hendriktje Kooij (1881-1967)

Day of marriage October 23, 1903

• The temperature on October 23, 1903 was between 6.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Day of death April 17, 1967

• The temperature on April 17, 1967 was between 1.8 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
  • July 1 » Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
  • August 8 » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
  • September 11 » China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted a military clashes.
  • November 19 » The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
  • November 30 » Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
• 1961 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1977 » William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913)