Family tree Weening » Martje Veenstra (1901-1970)

Day of marriage May 24, 1924

• The temperature on May 24, 1924 was between 9.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
  • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
  • June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
  • September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.

Day of death November 26, 1970

• The temperature on November 26, 1970 was between 1.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
  • April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
  • May 15 » President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
  • September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
  • September 19 » Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
  • November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1963 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1973 » John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1974 » Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)