Jan Borren » Gerard Wallet (1903-1990)

Day of marriage November 1, 1935

• The temperature on November 1, 1935 was between 10.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
  • June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
  • September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
  • September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
  • December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.

Day of death June 17, 1990

• The temperature on June 17, 1990 was between 5.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
  • February 11 » Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
  • March 28 » United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
  • May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
  • October 13 » Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
  • November 15 » The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.

Day of burial June 22, 1990

• The temperature on June 22, 1990 was between 11.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • February 11 » Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
  • February 12 » Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
  • August 28 » An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
  • September 2 » Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
  • October 8 » Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
  • December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1986 » Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
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