Family tree Weening » Pieter Postma (1914-1981)

Day of marriage May 21, 1938

• The temperature on May 21, 1938 was between 6.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
  • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
  • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
  • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
  • November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.

Day of death December 22, 1981

• The temperature on December 22, 1981 was between -7.1 °C and -4.9 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
  • May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
  • June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
  • June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
  • September 21 » Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
  • October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Sterling North, American author and critic (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Darryl F. Zanuck, American director and producer (b. 1902)
• 1985 » D. Boon, American singer and musician (b. 1958)
• 1986 » David Penhaligon, Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944), MP for Truro (1974-1986)
• 1986 » Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)