Family tree Weening » Eltje de Haas (1897-1968)

Day of marriage January 22, 1916

• The temperature on January 22, 1916 was between 5.2 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
  • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
  • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.

Day of death October 3, 1968

• The temperature on October 3, 1968 was between 13.4 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
  • February 8 » American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
  • February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
  • March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
  • April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
  • April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)