Family tree Weening » Ankje Hamstra (1873-1965)

Day of marriage April 16, 1898

• The temperature on April 16, 1898 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
  • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
  • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

Day of death January 3, 1965

• The temperature on January 3, 1965 was between -1.7 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Hindi becomes the official language of India.
  • January 28 » The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
  • February 17 » Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
  • August 1 » Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
  • November 9 » Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
  • November 24 » Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Milton Avery, American painter (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (b. 1944)
• 1967 » Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Reginald Punnett, British scientist (b. 1875)