Family tree Weening » Brand Kloosterman (1901-1969)

Day of marriage January 24, 1924

• The temperature on January 24, 1924 was between -5.5 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
  • June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
  • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
  • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
  • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

Day of death September 22, 1969

• The temperature on September 22, 1969 was between 5.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
  • April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
  • April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
  • May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
  • September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
  • November 24 » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Abul A'la Maududi, Pakistani theologian, Islamic scholar and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (b. 1893)