Family tree Weening » Geert Boele van der Leest (1899-1961)

Day of marriage May 27, 1930

• The temperature on May 27, 1930 was between 9.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • February 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
  • April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
  • June 17 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
  • August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
  • September 17 » The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
  • November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.

Day of death October 20, 1961

• The temperature on October 20, 1961 was between 5.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
  • May 21 » American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
  • June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
  • August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
  • August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
  • September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)