Database Van Broekhoven » Elisabeth Adriana Wilhelmina Roestenburg (1906-1991)

Day of marriage June 20, 1933

• The temperature on June 20, 1933 was between 6.4 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • March 5 » Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
  • March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
  • March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
  • May 17 » Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
  • June 16 » The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
  • October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

Day of death December 24, 1991

• The temperature on December 24, 1991 was between 3.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • April 29 » The 7.0 M_w  Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.
  • May 15 » Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
  • June 17 » Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
  • July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
  • August 29 » Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
  • October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.

Source: Wikipedia

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