Database Van Broekhoven » Francisca Johanna Verouden (1934-2022)

Birthday January 6, 1934

• The temperature on January 6, 1934 was between -1.0 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The 8.0 M_w  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
  • February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
  • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
  • May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
  • July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » Stuart A. Rice, American chemist and academic
• 1933 » Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2003)
• 1934 » Sylvia Syms, English actress
• 1935 » Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor
• 1936 » Darlene Hard, American tennis player
• 1936 » Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer and politician, 29th President of Uruguay