Genealogy Paul Guijt » Dirk van der Plas (1901-1982)

Day of marriage May 19, 1927

• The temperature on May 19, 1927 was between 3.0 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
  • April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
  • August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
  • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
  • November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

Day of death September 9, 1982

• The temperature on September 9, 1982 was between 9.5 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Breakup of the Bell System: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
  • March 26 » A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
  • June 13 » Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
  • August 11 » A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
  • October 5 » Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
  • October 8 » Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1980 » John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. 1901)
• 1981 » Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Neil Davis, Australian photographer and journalist (b. 1934)
• 1985 » Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)