Sluzigers (e.a.) » Femmigje Botter (1907-1996)

Day of marriage August 14, 1930

• The temperature on August 14, 1930 was between 11.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 20.3 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
  • April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
  • May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
  • June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
  • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
  • October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.

Day of death August 2, 1996

• The temperature on August 2, 1996 was between 8.8 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757.
  • March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
  • May 13 » Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
  • July 29 » The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
  • August 6 » The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
  • November 5 » Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)
• 1996 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
• 1997 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1998 » Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)