Merricks Tree » Jacobus Bernardus Elberssen (1908-1993)

Day of marriage December 24, 1936

• The temperature on December 24, 1936 was between -0.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
  • July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
  • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
  • August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

Day of death March 25, 1993

• The temperature on March 25, 1993 was between 1.5 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
  • March 12 » North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
  • June 5 » Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
  • September 9 » Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
  • November 18 » In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
  • December 15 » The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (b. 1922)
• 1994 » Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1922)
• 1994 » Bernard Kangro, Estonian poet and journalist (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician (b. 1899)
• 1995 » James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)