Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmina Maria van Gogh (1901-1987)

Day of marriage October 8, 1925

• The temperature on October 8, 1925 was between 3.4 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
  • May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
  • July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.
  • September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
  • November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

Day of death October 21, 1987

• The temperature on October 21, 1987 was between 8.8 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
  • June 29 » Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4million at an auction in London, England.
  • July 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
  • August 7 » Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
  • November 18 » King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
  • December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1985 » Dan White, American assassin and politician (b. 1946)
• 1986 » Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (b. 1934)
• 1990 » Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1921)