Family tree Weening » Antje van der Heide (1893-1974)

Day of marriage May 23, 1914

• The temperature on May 23, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
  • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

Day of death June 21, 1974

• The temperature on June 21, 1974 was between 10.4 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • June 26 » The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
  • July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
  • September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
  • September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
  • September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
  • November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Piers Courage, English race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1970 » Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Margaret Herrick, American librarian (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (b. 1923)