Family tree Weening » Pieter van der Sluis (1904-1988)

Day of marriage May 19, 1928

• The temperature on May 19, 1928 was between 3.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

Day of death February 3, 1988

• The temperature on February 3, 1988 was between 4.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
  • April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
  • May 8 » A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
  • July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
  • August 1 » A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
  • September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
• 1989 » John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (b. 1922)