Family tree Weening » Jan Bruinsma (1887-1963)

Day of marriage May 20, 1911

• The temperature on May 20, 1911 was between 8.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Day of death August 9, 1963

• The temperature on August 9, 1963 was between 12.9 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
  • July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
  • August 21 » Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
  • November 2 » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
  • November 25 » President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is buried on the same day in Fort Worth, Texas.
  • December 26 » The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)
• 1967 » Joe Orton, English author and playwright (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Sharon Tate, American model and actress (b. 1943)
• 1969 » Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936)