Family tree Weening » Jan Blom (1896-1931)

Day of marriage May 14, 1921

• The temperature on May 14, 1921 was between 8.5 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
  • February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
  • May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
  • July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
  • July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
  • October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.

Day of death November 24, 1931

• The temperature on November 24, 1931 was between 1.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
  • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
  • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
  • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
  • October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
  • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Erskine Childers, Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
• 1943 » Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)