Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Maaike Maria Antoinette "Maja" Hornstra (1907-1970)

Day of marriage November 12, 1932

• The temperature on November 12, 1932 was between 3.0 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • May 4 » In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
  • May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  • June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
  • July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
  • July 30 » Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
  • November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

Day of death December 11, 1970

• The temperature on December 11, 1970 was between -0.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
  • July 3 » Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
  • July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
  • September 5 » Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
  • September 8 » Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
  • October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (b. 1881)
• 1968 » Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Nihal Atsız, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1905)