Parenteel van Gerrit Vierhout » Bia de Graaf (1911-1989)

Day of marriage February 27, 1931

• The temperature on February 27, 1931 was between 2.0 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (21%). 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
  • March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
  • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
  • March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
  • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death January 10, 1989

• The temperature on January 10, 1989 was between 1.0 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
  • March 7 » Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
  • April 1 » Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
  • April 15 » Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
  • November 7 » East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
  • December 25 » Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.

Day of burial January 14, 1989

• The temperature on January 14, 1989 was between 5.0 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 3 » After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
  • February 14 » Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
  • August 7 » U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
  • August 23 » Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
  • November 28 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
  • December 1 » Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1987 » David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
• 1992 » Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)