Ons veuroolders in beeld » Wemmigje Rolina Oljans (1912-1987)

Day of marriage May 3, 1932

• The temperature on May 3, 1932 was between 9.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
  • January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
  • February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
  • May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  • July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
  • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.

Day of death September 16, 1987

• The temperature on September 16, 1987 was between 10.7 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • March 7 » Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
  • March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
  • April 27 » The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
  • August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
  • October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
  • November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)
• 1984 » Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1935)
• 1987 » Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1920)
• 1991 » Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (b. 1910)
• 1993 » František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)