Berkemeijer Genealogie » Dr Antonius Petrus Jozef (Ton) Meijknecht (1902-1990)

Day of marriage September 20, 1934

• The temperature on September 20, 1934 was between 9.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
  • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
  • July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
  • September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
  • November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.

Day of death December 21, 1990

• The temperature on December 21, 1990 was between 1.4 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 13 » German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
  • March 29 » The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
  • June 10 » British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
  • August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
  • November 2 » British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
  • November 15 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.

Day of burial December 27, 1990

• The temperature on December 27, 1990 was between 4.6 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • March 29 » The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
  • April 24 » STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
  • June 1 » Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
  • July 2 » In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca.
  • July 22 » Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.
  • December 22 » Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)