Family tree Weening » Aafke Brouwer (1881-1964)

Day of marriage February 17, 1906

• The temperature on February 17, 1906 was between 4.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Day of death March 30, 1964

• The temperature on March 30, 1964 was between 0.8 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
  • February 10 » Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMASVoyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
  • March 31 » Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état.
  • June 12 » Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
  • August 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USSTiconderoga and USSConstellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Aleksandr Gauk, Russian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Nella Larsen, American nurse and author (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1966 » Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1966 » Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)