Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmina Lucia Witlox (1899-1992)

Day of marriage May 21, 1930

• The temperature on May 21, 1930 was between 3.6 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
  • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
  • May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
  • August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
  • September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
  • September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

Day of death April 15, 1992

• The temperature on April 15, 1992 was between 3.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
  • July 22 » Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
  • September 16 » Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
  • October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • October 27 » United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
  • December 3 » The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)
• 1988 » Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 1989 » Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (b. 1905)
• 1993 » John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (b. 1907)