Family tree Weening » Louis François Reitinga (1889-1970)

Day of marriage May 27, 1914

• The temperature on May 27, 1914 was between 4.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • 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 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of death May 28, 1970

• The temperature on May 28, 1970 was between 8.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
  • June 4 » Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
  • September 12 » Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
  • 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.

Day of burial June 1, 1970

• The temperature on June 1, 1970 was between 6.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
  • March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
  • April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
  • September 28 » Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
  • October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
  • November 13 » Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
• 1968 » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
• 1976 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (b. 1914)