Family tree Weening » Jan Haasdijk (1890-1978)

Day of marriage March 7, 1918

• The temperature on March 7, 1918 was between -0.6 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 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 year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
  • March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
  • April 8 » World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
  • October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
  • October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
  • October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.

Day of death February 25, 1978

• The temperature on February 25, 1978 was between 6.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.
  • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
  • March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
  • July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
  • August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
  • October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1980 » Robert Hayden, American poet and academic (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (b. 1911)