Family tree Weening » Jakob Dijkstra (1909-1985)

Day of marriage May 19, 1936

• The temperature on May 19, 1936 was between 9.2 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
  • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
  • November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
  • December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

Day of death February 1, 1985

• The temperature on February 1, 1985 was between 6.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
  • March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • June 23 » A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
  • October 26 » The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
  • October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
  • December 27 » Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (b. 1929)
• 1981 » Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American engineer and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (b. 1892)
• 1981 » Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1986 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1989 » Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (b. 1918)