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.
  • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

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.
  • February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
  • March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
  • May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
  • July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
  • September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
  • November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

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)