Genealogy Van Tunen » Johanna Slenters (1903-1990)

Day of marriage July 21, 1927

• The temperature on July 21, 1927 was between 12.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
  • May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
  • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
  • July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
  • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.

Day of death October 12, 1990

• The temperature on October 12, 1990 was between 5.9 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 12 » A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
  • January 20 » Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
  • February 13 » German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
  • May 17 » The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
  • August 2 » Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
  • September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (b. 1920)
• 1990 » Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian physician, mountaineer, and author (b. 1899)
• 1990 » Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (b. 1926)
• 1991 » Arkady Strugatsky, Russian author and translator (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Regis Toomey, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1991 » Sheila Florance, Australian actress (b. 1916)