Family tree Weening » Johannes Hoeksma (1879-1927)

Day of marriage May 19, 1917

• The temperature on May 19, 1917 was between 11.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
  • June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
  • July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.

Day of death April 30, 1927

• The temperature on April 30, 1927 was between 0.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
  • April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
  • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)