Family tree Weening » Maaike de Jong (1884-1951)

Day of marriage April 18, 1908

• The temperature on April 18, 1908 was between 2.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
  • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
  • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

Day of death September 14, 1951

• The temperature on September 14, 1951 was between 12.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • January 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
  • January 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
  • February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
  • April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
  • April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
  • April 29 » Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (b. 1855)
• 1951 » Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1952 » John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1960 » M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)