Family tree Weening » Hendrik Ytsma (1901-1978)

Day of marriage October 6, 1927

• The temperature on October 6, 1927 was between 6.0 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (54%). 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
  • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
  • April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
  • September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

Day of death April 2, 1978

• The temperature on April 2, 1978 was between 2.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
  • April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
  • July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
  • August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
  • October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
  • November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)