Family tree Weening » Gerhardus Borger (1884-1965)

Day of marriage May 20, 1915

• The temperature on May 20, 1915 was between 9.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
  • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
  • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

Day of death June 26, 1965

• The temperature on June 26, 1965 was between 12.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
  • March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
  • March 25 » Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
  • April 24 » Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
  • June 9 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)
• 1958 » George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
• 1964 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)