Family tree Weening » Mettje van der Vaart (1890-1967)

Day of marriage April 24, 1915

• The temperature on April 24, 1915 was between 5.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
  • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
  • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

Day of death November 28, 1967

• The temperature on November 28, 1967 was between 1.3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 21.6 mm of rain during 15.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • June 10 » The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
  • August 24 » Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
  • October 18 » The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
  • November 3 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
  • November 19 » The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
  • December 3 » At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)
• 1972 » Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
• 1973 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886)