Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Maria Carola Lington (1913-1997)

Day of marriage May 20, 1937

• The temperature on May 20, 1937 was between 12.2 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
  • June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
  • July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
  • August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
  • September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.

Day of death September 6, 1997

• The temperature on September 6, 1997 was between 10.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
  • February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
  • July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
  • July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
  • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
  • August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.

Day of cremation September 11, 1997

• The temperature on September 11, 1997 was between 6.9 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
  • May 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
  • May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
  • July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
  • August 20 » Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
  • August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)
• 1998 » Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (b. 1928)
• 1998 » Ric Segreto, American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)
• 1999 » Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician, 3rd President of Nauru (b. 1938)
• 1999 » René Lecavalier, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)