Family tree Weening » Pieter Groenland (1898-1971)

Christening day May 7, 1899

• The temperature on May 7, 1899 was about 15.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Day of marriage May 27, 1922

• The temperature on May 27, 1922 was between 6.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
  • June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
  • July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
  • September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
  • September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
  • December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

Day of death August 20, 1971

• The temperature on August 20, 1971 was between 17.5 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • April 23 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
  • May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
  • August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
  • September 3 » Qatar becomes an independent state.
  • September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
  • October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
• 1980 » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)