Family tree Weening » Jelle Dijkstra (1888-1962)

Day of marriage June 15, 1928

• The temperature on June 15, 1928 was between 8.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

Day of death April 5, 1962

• The temperature on April 5, 1962 was between 4.7 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
  • September 13 » An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
  • October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
  • October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
  • December 7 » Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
  • December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (b. 1908)
• 1962 » Boo Kullberg, Swedish gymnast (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Aloïse Corbaz, Swiss artist (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
• 1964 » James Chapin, American ornithologist (b. 1889)