Family tree Weening » Trijntje Nannenga (1870-1950)

Day of marriage May 23, 1891

• The temperature on May 23, 1891 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
  • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
  • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
  • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
  • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
  • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).

Day of death October 25, 1950

• The temperature on October 25, 1950 was between 0.8 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
  • January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
  • March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
  • August 20 » Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu.
  • October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
  • November 5 » Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1955 » Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (b. 1943)
• 1957 » Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1957 » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)