Database Van Broekhoven » Anna Gertrudis van Iersel (1895-1985)

Day of marriage January 27, 1920

• The temperature on January 27, 1920 was between 3.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (52%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
  • February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
  • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
  • August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

Day of death November 13, 1985

• The temperature on November 13, 1985 was between 0.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
  • March 20 » Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
  • July 7 » Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
  • August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
  • October 26 » The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
  • November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 15th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1911)
• 1983 » Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1886)
• 1983 » Junior Samples, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Franco Cortese, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)