Family tree Van der Hoek » Antonius Christianus de Gier (1905-1988)

Day of marriage February 19, 1936

• The temperature on February 19, 1936 was between 3.9 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
  • August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
  • August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
  • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
  • December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.

Day of death July 22, 1988

• The temperature on July 22, 1988 was between 17.8 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 29 » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
  • March 17 » Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
  • April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
  • May 6 » All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
  • June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
  • December 8 » A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1986 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (b. 1937)
• 1990 » Manuel Puig, Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1992 » David Wojnarowicz, American painter, photographer, and activist (b. 1954)