Family tree Weening » Jan van der Veen (1887-1973)

Day of marriage May 15, 1913

• The temperature on May 15, 1913 was between 8.2 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
  • July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Day of death March 31, 1973

• The temperature on March 31, 1973 was between 0.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
  • July 10 » The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • July 11 » Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories.
  • July 25 » Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
  • July 31 » A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
  • December 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)