Family tree Weening » Tamme Veenema (1873-1955)

Day of marriage May 26, 1900

• The temperature on May 26, 1900 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
  • June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
  • September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

Day of death March 20, 1955

• The temperature on March 20, 1955 was between -8.4 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
  • April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
  • August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
  • September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
  • October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
  • November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)