Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Johanna Adriana de Kok (1907-1989)

Day of marriage August 18, 1936

• The temperature on August 18, 1936 was between 14.7 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
  • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
  • July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
  • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
  • August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
  • December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

Day of death May 14, 1989

• The temperature on May 14, 1989 was between 4.4 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (71%). 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
  • February 24 » United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
  • April 15 » Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
  • August 24 » Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
  • December 1 » Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
  • December 28 » A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (b. 1886)
• 1991 » Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
• 1993 » William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)