Genealogy Mostert » HENDRIKA "Riek" de GROOT (1896-1992)

Day of marriage June 21, 1928

• The temperature on June 21, 1928 was between 11.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

Day of death March 15, 1992

• The temperature on March 15, 1992 was between 2.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • May 13 » Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
  • May 24 » The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
  • May 24 » The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
  • July 19 » A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
  • July 20 » Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
  • October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Day of burial March 19, 1992

• The temperature on March 19, 1992 was between 5.5 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • April 27 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
  • July 18 » A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
  • August 24 » Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category5 hurricane, causing up to $25billion (1992 USD) in damages.
  • August 30 » The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.
  • November 25 » The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
  • December 3 » The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1926)
• 1989 » Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet and politician (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958)
• 1990 » Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 1991 » Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Rahi Masoom Raza, Indian Urdu poet (b.1927)