Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Anne van der Veen (1901-1990)

Day of marriage May 15, 1928

• The temperature on May 15, 1928 was between 4.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (34%). 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 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.
  • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.

Day of death June 18, 1990

• The temperature on June 18, 1990 was between 10.7 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  • March 15 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
  • April 4 » The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
  • May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
  • August 13 » A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwan's naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
  • November 7 » Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American journalist (b. 1921)
• 1989 » I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Mordecai Ardon, Polish-Israeli painter and educator (b. 1896)
• 1992 » Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
• 1993 » Craig Rodwell, American activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (b. 1940)