Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » Jeanette Meulbroek (1903-1998)

Day of marriage April 1, 1924

• The temperature on April 1, 1924 was between 0.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
  • March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
  • May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
  • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
  • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

Day of death January 25, 1998

• The temperature on January 25, 1998 was between -1.9 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • February 14 » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
  • February 20 » American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
  • May 2 » The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
  • May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
  • September 2 » Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.
  • October 29 » Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Jonathan Larson, American playwright and composer (b. 1960)
• 1997 » Dan Barry, American author and illustrator (b. 1923)
• 1999 » Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916)
• 1999 » Sarah Louise Delany, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 2001 » Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician (b. 1906)