Family tree Weening » Jan de Wit (1870-1958)

Day of marriage February 1, 1896

• The temperature on February 1, 1896 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
  • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
  • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
  • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
  • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

Day of death February 17, 1958

• The temperature on February 17, 1958 was between -0.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
  • February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
  • May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
  • May 27 » First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
  • June 1 » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
  • August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)