Family tree Weening » Grietje de Jong (1919-2001)

Day of marriage May 16, 1940

• The temperature on May 16, 1940 was between 5.6 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
  • June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
  • June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
  • July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
  • November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Day of death July 22, 2001

• The temperature on July 22, 2001 was between 14.4 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
  • May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
  • June 21 » A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
  • June 23 » The 8.4 M_w  southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
  • September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
  • October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2000 » Eric Christmas, English-born Canadian actor (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)