Family tree Weening » Jan Blink (1897-1988)

Day of marriage June 9, 1917

• The temperature on June 9, 1917 was between 15.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
  • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".

Day of death August 10, 1988

• The temperature on August 10, 1988 was between 15.9 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
  • March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
  • March 16 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
  • May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
  • August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
• 1982 » Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian author and poet (b. 1962)
• 1985 » Nate Barragar, American football player and sergeant (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1991 » Lưu Trọng Lư, Vietnamese poet and playwright (b. 1912)
• 1993 » Euronymous, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (b. 1968)