Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmina de Gouw (1903-1987)

Day of marriage May 12, 1925

• The temperature on May 12, 1925 was between 6.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
  • March 21 » Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
  • April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
  • July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.

Day of death August 9, 1987

• The temperature on August 9, 1987 was between 9.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 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 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.
  • February 2 » After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
  • February 26 » Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
  • May 28 » A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
  • June 11 » Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
  • October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
  • December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1988 » Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and poet (b. 1905)
• 1988 » M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 1992 » Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)