Genealogy Van Bommel-Van Essen » Dirkje Petronella Bregetta "Nelly" Spaander (1890-1978)

Day of marriage January 29, 1920

• The temperature on January 29, 1920 was between 3.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
  • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
  • May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
  • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
  • December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

Day of death August 30, 1978

• The temperature on August 30, 1978 was between 8.8 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
  • February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
  • August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
  • August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
  • November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
  • December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

Day of burial September 4, 1978

• The temperature on September 4, 1978 was between 6.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
  • January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
  • April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
  • July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
  • December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
  • December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Del Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
• 1981 » Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (b. 1933)
• 1981 » Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)
• 1985 » Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (b. 1900)