Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Virginie Rahder (1898-1985)

Christening day April 23, 1899

• The temperature on April 23, 1899 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Day of marriage April 12, 1923

• The temperature on April 12, 1923 was between 8.1 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
  • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
  • September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
  • October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
  • December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

Day of death November 25, 1985

• The temperature on November 25, 1985 was between -1.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
  • January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
  • March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
  • August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
  • October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Saleem Raza (Pakistani singer), Pakistani Christian playback singer (b. 1932)
• 1984 » Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Franz Hildebrandt, German pastor and theologian (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922)