Family tree Weening » Christina Alida Weenink (1889-1972)

Day of marriage August 21, 1923

• The temperature on August 21, 1923 was between 13.7 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (52%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
  • January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
  • April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
  • June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
  • October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.

Day of death July 22, 1972

• The temperature on July 22, 1972 was between 17.4 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
  • May 4 » The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
  • June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
  • July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
  • August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
  • October 13 » Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
• 1970 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 1974 » Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
• 1979 » J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)