Family tree Weening » Iekje Pel (1893-1973)

Day of marriage May 16, 1929

• The temperature on May 16, 1929 was between 3.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
  • June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
  • June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
  • August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
  • December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

Day of death June 28, 1973

• The temperature on June 28, 1973 was between 14.8 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
  • March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
  • June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
  • July 12 » A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
  • November 7 » The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
  • November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Turkish historian and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1975 » Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)