Database Van Broekhoven » Elisabeth Maria van Asseldonk (1904-1996)

Day of marriage September 28, 1927

• The temperature on September 28, 1927 was between 4.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
  • July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
  • August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
  • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
  • November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
  • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Day of death February 4, 1996

• The temperature on February 4, 1996 was between -1.9 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 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.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
  • January 27 » Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
  • February 17 » The 8.2 M_w  Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.
  • July 5 » Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
  • November 5 » Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
  • November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
• 1992 » John Dehner, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1995 » Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian pharmacist and politician (b. 1920)