Quaero » Johannes Hendrik de Wit (1901-1992)

Day of marriage September 26, 1928

• The average temperature on September 26, 1928 was 8.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

Day of death February 17, 1992

• The temperature on February 17, 1992 was between -3.2 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
  • February 15 » Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes near Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, killing all four people on board.
  • April 6 » The Bosnian War begins.
  • June 15 » The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
  • September 12 » Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
  • October 12 » A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.

Day of burial February 20, 1992

• The temperature on February 20, 1992 was between -1.6 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • April 6 » The Bosnian War begins.
  • April 27 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
  • April 27 » The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
  • May 17 » Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
  • May 24 » The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
  • July 20 » Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.

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• 1986 » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895)
• 1988 » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Karpoori Thakur, Indian educator and politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Jean-Marc Boivin, French mountaineer, skier, and pilot (b. 1951)
• 1994 » Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (b. 1951)