Jan Borren » Geurtje Evers (1898-1988)

Day of marriage November 17, 1922

• The temperature on November 17, 1922 was between 6.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • March 20 » The USSLangley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
  • July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
  • August 27 » Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.
  • October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
  • October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
  • December 16 » President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.

Day of death June 26, 1988

• The temperature on June 26, 1988 was between 13.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 25 » The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
  • June 19 » Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
  • August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
  • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
  • October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
  • December 1 » World AIDS Day was proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.

Day of burial June 30, 1988

• The temperature on June 30, 1988 was between 9.1 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
  • May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
  • July 3 » The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
  • November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
  • December 8 » A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)
• 1990 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 1993 » William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi author and activist (b. 1929)