Family tree Weening » William Geveke (1883-1956)

Day of marriage June 9, 1910

• The temperature on June 9, 1910 was between 14.4 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
  • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.

Day of death December 28, 1956

• The temperature on December 28, 1956 was between -1.2 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
  • March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
  • September 27 » USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
  • November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
  • December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
  • December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)
• 1959 » Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)