Family tree Weening » Wietse Keuning (1887-1964)

Day of marriage February 25, 1915

• The temperature on February 25, 1915 was between -1.8 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (85%). 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
  • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
  • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

Day of death September 3, 1964

• The temperature on September 3, 1964 was between 9.4 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
  • April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
  • June 1 » Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta (1897 – 22 August 1978) as its first President (1964 to 1978).
  • August 12 » South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
  • August 28 » The Philadelphia race riot begins.
  • September 21 » The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1967 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
• 1969 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1970 » Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)