Genealogy Van der Bijl - 41 stammen » Adriana Anthonia Maria "Jeanne" van der Bijl (1895-1987)

Day of marriage August 16, 1916

• The temperature on August 16, 1916 was between 12.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.

Day of death June 22, 1987

• The temperature on June 22, 1987 was between 9.9 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 6 » The British ferry MSHerald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
  • May 3 » A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
  • May 17 » Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USSStark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
  • August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
  • August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  • December 8 » An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Louis Chiron, Monégasque race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
• 1988 » Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
• 1990 » Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Pat Nixon, American educator, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)