Genealogy Pot en Smit » JAN de JONG (1888-1990)

Day of marriage September 17, 1913

• The temperature on September 17, 1913 was between 6.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
  • October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Day of death February 11, 1990

• The temperature on February 11, 1990 was between 3.0 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • April 12 » Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
  • April 24 » STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
  • June 30 » East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
  • August 13 » A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwan's naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
  • September 29 » Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
  • November 28 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1989 » George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1912)
• 1993 » Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 1994 » Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1994 » Sorrell Booke, American lieutenant, actor, and director (b. 1930)
• 1994 » William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)