Genealogy De Geus » Maaike van DONGEN (1905-1992)

Day of marriage February 26, 1931

• The temperature on February 26, 1931 was between 3.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
  • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
  • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Day of death February 9, 1992

• The temperature on February 9, 1992 was between 0.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 6 » President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
  • February 26 » Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
  • March 22 » USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
  • April 5 » Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
  • July 20 » Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
  • October 22 » Subaru Impreza is announced.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1994 » Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
• 1995 » David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1995 » J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 1998 » Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)