Genealogy Haantjes » Maria Angelina Ludovica van de Donk (1902-1990)

Day of marriage April 20, 1928

• The temperature on April 20, 1928 was between -0.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (35%). 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 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.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • 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 January 20, 1990

• The temperature on January 20, 1990 was between 4.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 2 » Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
  • April 24 » Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
  • August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
  • September 9 » Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
  • November 14 » After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
  • November 28 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1989 » Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 1990 » Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1993 » Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)