Genealogy Sprengers » Alphonsus Johannes Josephus (Fons) Sprengers (1903-1987)

Day of marriage April 26, 1934

• The temperature on April 26, 1934 was between 7.0 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
  • March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
  • June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
  • June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
  • November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
  • December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Day of death October 12, 1987

• The temperature on October 12, 1987 was between 4.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • March 7 » Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
  • March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
  • June 28 » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
  • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
  • July 24 » Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
  • September 3 » In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Johnny Olson, American radio host and game show announcer (b. 1910)
• 1985 » Ricky Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1987 » Alf Landon, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (b. 1887)
• 1987 » Fahri Korutürk, Turkish commander and politician, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Coby Whitmore, American painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 1988 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English poet and author (b. 1886)