Family tree Weening » Jan van Kammen (1894-1974)

Day of marriage March 11, 1916

• The temperature on March 11, 1916 was between 0.5 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.

Day of death November 27, 1974

• The temperature on November 27, 1974 was between 3.1 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • January 2 » United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
  • January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
  • March 8 » Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
  • April 29 » Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
  • June 26 » The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
  • September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Helene Madison, American swimmer and nurse (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Frank Christian, American trumpet player (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Alberto Massimino, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founded the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)
• 1978 » Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)