Family tree Weening » Johannes de Braak (1882-1957)

Day of marriage May 7, 1910

• The temperature on May 7, 1910 was between 3.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
  • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
  • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
  • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
  • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Day of death December 18, 1957

• The temperature on December 18, 1957 was between -1.7 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
  • April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
  • April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
  • June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
  • August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
  • September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
• 1973 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887)