Database Van Broekhoven » Jacoba Johanna Cornelia van Leeuwen (1896-1983)

Day of marriage May 25, 1925

• The temperature on May 25, 1925 was between 8.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
  • January 21 » Albania declares itself a republic.
  • April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
  • April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
  • April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
  • September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.

Day of death May 11, 1983

• The temperature on May 11, 1983 was between 5.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 9.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 19 » Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
  • March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
  • June 4 » Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
  • September 12 » A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
  • December 4 » US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian Missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. 1 American pilot was killed, one was rescued and one is captured.
  • December 10 » Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)