Family tree Weening » Jantje de Vries (1896-1981)

Day of marriage June 9, 1921

• The temperature on June 9, 1921 was between 11.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
  • June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
  • July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
  • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
  • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
  • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

Day of death May 1, 1981

• The temperature on May 1, 1981 was between 2.2 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • March 30 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
  • April 25 » More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
  • June 16 » US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
  • August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
  • October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
  • November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
• 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)