Family tree Weening » Hendrikus Franciscus Lambertus van Doesum (1902-1959)

Day of marriage January 4, 1928

• The temperature on January 4, 1928 was between -1.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • 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 February 14, 1959

• The temperature on February 14, 1959 was between -5.4 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
  • February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
  • June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
  • July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
  • August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
  • November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
• 1950 » Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Baby Dodds, American drummer (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884)