Family tree Weening » Douwe van der Veer (1911-1991)

Day of marriage October 26, 1933

• The temperature on October 26, 1933 was between 2.4 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • February 10 » In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.
  • March 4 » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
  • March 4 » The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
  • March 23 » The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
  • August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
  • September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.

Day of death August 28, 1991

• The temperature on August 28, 1991 was between 9.9 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
  • February 18 » The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
  • May 18 » Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
  • May 26 » Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.
  • August 20 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • October 5 » An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1918)
• 1988 » Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 1989 » John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (b. 1950)
• 1990 » Willy Vandersteen, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1993 » William Stafford, American poet and academic (b. 1914)