Family tree Weening » Willem Alberda van Ekenstein (1887-1959)

Day of marriage April 15, 1911

• The temperature on April 15, 1911 was between 5.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Day of death March 6, 1959

• The temperature on March 6, 1959 was between 6.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
  • February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
  • February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
  • February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
  • June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
  • September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 » Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)