Database Van Broekhoven » Alberdina Theresia Kuijs (1899-1983)

Day of marriage February 5, 1921

• The temperature on February 5, 1921 was between 0.9 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
  • February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
  • March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
  • April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
  • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
  • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of death November 3, 1983

• The temperature on November 3, 1983 was between 5.6 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 8 » Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
  • May 26 » The 7.8 M_w  Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
  • September 26 » Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
  • October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
  • October 25 » The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
  • November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Caroline Mytinger, American painter and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (b. 1901)
• 1983 » Jerry Pentland, Australian fighter ace (b. 1894)
• 1987 » Mary Shane, American sportscaster and educator (b. 1945)
• 1988 » Henri van Praag, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and educator (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist (b. 1893)