Sluzigers (e.a.) » Johannes Buit (1907-1987)

Day of marriage August 7, 1934

• The temperature on August 7, 1934 was between 13.4 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
  • August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
  • September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
  • November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
  • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
  • December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

Day of death July 7, 1987

• The temperature on July 7, 1987 was between 14.2 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
  • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
  • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
  • August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  • August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
  • September 3 » In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

Day of burial July 11, 1987

• The temperature on July 11, 1987 was between 15.5 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • February 2 » After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
  • April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
  • September 2 » In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
  • September 3 » In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
  • October 1 » The 5.9 M_w  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
  • December 8 » An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.

Source: Wikipedia

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