Family tree Weening » Hendrikje de Bruin (1913-2003)

Christening day May 17, 1914

• The temperature on May 17, 1914 was between 7.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (89%). 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.

Day of marriage July 3, 1937

• The temperature on July 3, 1937 was between 15.3 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
  • June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
  • June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
  • August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
  • September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).

Day of death April 29, 2003

• The temperature on April 29, 2003 was between 7.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
  • March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
  • April 9 » Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
  • August 22 » Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
  • September 6 » Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
  • November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
• 2002 » Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)
• 2003 » Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
• 2005 » William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)