Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmina Henrica Joanna van Gerven (1909-1990)

Day of marriage June 12, 1929

• The temperature on June 12, 1929 was between 11.3 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
  • February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
  • May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
  • July 24 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
  • August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
  • November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

Day of death August 14, 1990

• The temperature on August 14, 1990 was between 12.9 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
  • January 24 » Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
  • February 14 » The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
  • August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
  • October 5 » After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
  • November 12 » Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (b. 1898)
• 1988 » Robert Calvert, South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1945)
• 1988 » Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 1989 » Ricky Berry, American basketball player (b. 1964)
• 1991 » Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1920)
• 1992 » John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)