Family tree Weening » Grietje de Vries (1905-1968)

Day of marriage May 17, 1930

• The temperature on May 17, 1930 was between 6.3 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
  • June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
  • July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
  • October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.
  • November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
  • December 2 » Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million (equivalent to $2,296,000,000 in 2019) public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.

Day of death October 15, 1968

• The temperature on October 15, 1968 was between 5.8 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
  • August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
  • August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
  • September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
  • November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
  • December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1963 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
• 1966 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)
• 1968 » Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)