Sluzigers (e.a.) » Jacoba de Jonge (1902-2000)

Day of marriage September 5, 1928

• The temperature on September 5, 1928 was between 9.3 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

Day of death April 22, 2000

• The temperature on April 22, 2000 was between 9.2 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
  • May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
  • May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
  • September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
  • October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
  • November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Kitch Christie, South African rugby player and coach (b. 1940)
• 1999 » Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear engineer (b. 1926)
• 2002 » Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (b. 1949)
• 2003 » Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2003 » James H. Critchfield, American CIA officer (b. 1917)