Family tree Weening » Luktje de Groot (1864-1956)

Day of marriage May 14, 1887

• The temperature on May 14, 1887 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 70 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
  • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
  • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
  • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
  • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Day of death July 18, 1956

• The temperature on July 18, 1956 was between 13.1 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
  • July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
  • October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
  • November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
  • November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.
  • November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)