Buitekant & Scheffer Family Tree » Elizabeth Bessie Samson (1908-2001)

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 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
  • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
  • July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
  • December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
  • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
  • December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.

Day of death October 30, 2001

• The temperature on October 30, 2001 was between 12.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
  • July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
  • October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
  • November 13 » War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
  • December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (b. 1894)
• 1999 » Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (b. 1933)
• 2000 » Steve Allen, American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (b. 1921)
• 2002 » Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (b. 1965)
• 2002 » Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (b. 1940)