Genealogy Van Melzen » Roelina Offerein (1898-1986)

Day of marriage December 20, 1919

• The temperature on December 20, 1919 was between 1.5 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
  • May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
  • May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
  • September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
  • December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Day of death July 1, 1986

• The temperature on July 1, 1986 was between 15.7 °C and 30.7 °C and averaged 23.5 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 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 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
  • March 21 » Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships
  • October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
  • October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
  • November 2 » U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.
  • November 3 » Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Kurt Student, German general and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Buckminster Fuller, American architect, designed the Montreal Biosphère (b. 1895)
• 1984 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Michael Landon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Franco Cristaldi, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)