Database Van Broekhoven » Anna Maria Jansen (1903-1986)

Day of marriage September 28, 1936

• The temperature on September 28, 1936 was between 2.0 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
  • May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
  • October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
  • November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
  • December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

Day of death October 20, 1986

• The temperature on October 20, 1986 was between 6.2 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 19.1 mm of rain during 11.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
  • February 28 » Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
  • June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
  • November 3 » Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
  • November 25 » The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
  • December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
• 1983 » Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)
• 1984 » Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Sheila Scott, English pilot and author (b. 1922)