Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » Elfie Jane Stemerdink (1899-1991)

Day of marriage December 12, 1922

• The temperature on December 12, 1922 was between 2.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 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 year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • March 18 » In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
  • April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
  • June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
  • October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
  • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
  • November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.

Day of death September 24, 1991

• The temperature on September 24, 1991 was between 14.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
  • February 27 » Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
  • April 14 » The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
  • August 6 » Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
  • August 24 » Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
  • August 29 » Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

Day of burial September 28, 1991

• The temperature on September 28, 1991 was between 7.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the death of more than 25,000 people mostly civilian.
  • July 10 » The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
  • August 23 » The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
  • August 25 » Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • November 14 » Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
  • December 6 » Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city for seven months.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
• 1994 » Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (b. 1932)
• 1996 » Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1931)