Family tree Weening » Froukje de Zwart (1884-1967)

Day of marriage May 15, 1907

• The temperature on May 15, 1907 was between 7.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.

Day of death May 20, 1967

• The temperature on May 20, 1967 was between 10.2 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.
  • June 2 » Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
  • June 5 » The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
  • October 21 » The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
  • October 29 » Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
  • November 30 » South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)
• 1971 » Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)
• 1973 » Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
• 1973 » Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)