Family tree Weening » Hendrik Bijsterveld (1892-1951)

Day of marriage May 20, 1927

• The temperature on May 20, 1927 was between 3.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
  • May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
  • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
  • December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
  • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

Day of death December 16, 1951

• The temperature on December 16, 1951 was between 5.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
  • March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
  • March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
  • April 11 » The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
  • April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
  • December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
• 1945 » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)