Family tree Weening » Anna Zwaantina Rijtma (1886-1954)

Day of marriage March 14, 1907

• The average temperature on March 14, 1907 was 2.7 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.

Day of death August 26, 1954

• The temperature on August 26, 1954 was between 12.0 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
  • May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
  • June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
  • August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
  • September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
  • December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)