Family tree Weening » Willem Klunder (1873-1949)

Day of marriage May 20, 1899

• The temperature on May 20, 1899 was about 15.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

Day of death February 19, 1949

• The temperature on February 19, 1949 was between 0.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
  • June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
  • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
  • October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
  • December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)