Family tree Weening » Klaas Oldenburger (1888-1962)

Day of marriage April 1, 1916

• The temperature on April 1, 1916 was between -2.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (78%). 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

Day of death November 19, 1962

• The temperature on November 19, 1962 was between 0.4 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
  • July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
  • July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
  • August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
  • September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
  • October 25 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Grigol Robakidze, Georgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Carmen Boni, Italian-French actress (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Henry B. Richardson, American archer (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Charles J. Watters, American priest and soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)