Gezinsreconstructies Steenwijk » Klaas Kuper (1900-1976)

Day of marriage September 29, 1928

• The temperature on September 29, 1928 was between 7.8 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

Day of death May 15, 1976

• The temperature on May 15, 1976 was between 5.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
  • April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
  • April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
  • June 29 » The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
  • October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
  • December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1984 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)