Parentele of Jan Thonis » Gerritje van Wijncoop (1896-1985)

Day of marriage January 21, 1925

• The average temperature on January 21, 1925 was 2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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 Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
  • April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
  • June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
  • July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
  • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.

Day of death February 22, 1985

• The temperature on February 22, 1985 was between 0.7 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
  • March 3 » Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
  • May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
  • September 1 » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMSTitanic.
  • November 19 » Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
  • November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1985 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1986 » John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 1987 » David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)