Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Diena Kroes (1909-1996)

Day of marriage August 24, 1933

• The temperature on August 24, 1933 was between 9.9 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
  • February 17 » Newsweek magazine is first published.
  • August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
  • August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
  • October 7 » Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.
  • December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Day of death May 19, 1996

• The temperature on May 19, 1996 was between 8.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
  • February 16 » A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
  • April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
  • July 18 » Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers.
  • September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
  • November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
• 1996 » John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 » Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)