Kennedy Family Tree » Winifred Maud Perkins (1909-1992)

Day of marriage November 8, 1931

• The temperature on November 8, 1931 was between 4.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
  • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
  • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death June 17, 1992

• The temperature on June 17, 1992 was between 11.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Space Shuttle program: the space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
  • February 26 » Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
  • April 5 » Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
  • April 27 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
  • May 17 » Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
  • November 3 » Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 U.S. presidential election.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
• 1996 » Curt Swan, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 1996 » Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Basil Hume, English cardinal (b. 1923)