Family tree Weening » Wiebrand Schuil (1873-1961)

Day of marriage July 17, 1897

• The temperature on July 17, 1897 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
  • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
  • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
  • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
  • September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

Day of death June 3, 1961

• The temperature on June 3, 1961 was between 10.3 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • May 21 » American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
  • May 31 » In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
  • May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
  • August 21 » American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.
  • September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • October 30 » Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)
• 1969 » George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)