Family tree Weening » Willem van Dijk (1887-1974)

Day of marriage May 30, 1912

• The temperature on May 30, 1912 was between 5.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
  • June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death August 28, 1974

• The temperature on August 28, 1974 was between 4.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
  • February 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
  • May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
  • September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
  • November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
  • December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976 » Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)
• 1978 » Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Robert Shaw, English actor (b. 1927)