Database Schaap » Gerritje Bonestroo (1906-1990)

Day of marriage October 17, 1924

• The temperature on October 17, 1924 was between 4.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
  • March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
  • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
  • November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
  • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.

Day of death September 14, 1990

• The temperature on September 14, 1990 was between 5.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • January 13 » Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.
  • April 24 » STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
  • June 2 » The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
  • September 20 » South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
  • October 8 » Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
  • November 15 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.

Day of burial September 19, 1990

• The temperature on September 19, 1990 was between 11.7 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • April 4 » The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
  • April 12 » Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
  • April 23 » Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • September 16 » The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
  • September 29 » The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
  • December 11 » Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (b. 1930)
• 1991 » Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1910)
• 1992 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)