Family tree Weening » Tjitske Wybrigje Meindersma (1925-1988)

Day of marriage May 12, 1948

• The temperature on May 12, 1948 was between 10.3 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
  • February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
  • April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
  • June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
  • July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
  • September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.

Day of death May 29, 1988

• The temperature on May 29, 1988 was between 10.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
  • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
  • April 28 » Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
  • July 6 » The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
• 1988 » Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1946)
• 1989 » George C. Homans, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Margaret Barr (choreographer), Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)