The temperature on January 6, 1928 was between 1.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
Day of death January 5, 1995
The temperature on January 5, 1995 was between -5.9 °C and -1.8 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 22 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre: In central Israel, near Netanya, two Gazans blow themselves up at a military transit point, killing 19 Israelis.
July 6 » In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
July 23 » Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
July 27 » The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
October 26 » An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, 20 of whom died.
November 5 » André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: J. van Broekhoven, "Database Van Broekhoven", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/database-van-broekhoven/I219418.php : accessed May 17, 2024), "Marinus Hendrikus Merkx (1928-1995)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.