Family tree Weening » Wytske Groenland (1902-1975)

Christening day August 3, 1902

• The temperature on August 3, 1902 was between 7.6 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

Day of marriage May 17, 1930

• The temperature on May 17, 1930 was between 6.3 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
  • May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
  • June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
  • August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
  • September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
  • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.

Day of death March 1, 1975

• The temperature on March 1, 1975 was between -1.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
  • March 25 » Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
  • May 30 » European Space Agency is established.
  • June 20 » The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
  • July 5 » Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
  • September 16 » Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1976 » Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1979 » Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and businesswoman, founded Wilhelmina Models (b. 1940)