Genealogy Pot en Smit » JOSINA SCHOON THIM (1896-1992)

Day of marriage May 16, 1918

• The temperature on May 16, 1918 was between 9.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
  • April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
  • April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
  • September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
  • November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
  • November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.

Day of death April 7, 1992

• The temperature on April 7, 1992 was between 6.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 7 » The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
  • March 13 » The M_w  6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
  • May 5 » Armand Césari Stadium disaster in Bastia (Corsica): Eighteen people are killed and 2,300 are injured when one of the terraces collapses before a football match between SC Bastia and Olympique de Marseille.
  • May 7 » Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
  • July 7 » The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
  • October 2 » Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)
• 1991 » Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (b. 1913)
• 1992 » Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (b. 1937)
• 1994 » Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923)
• 1994 » Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)