Borgsteede family tree » Alice Mulder (1898-1989)

Day of marriage November 10, 1919

• The temperature on November 10, 1919 was between -5.9 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
  • May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
  • July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
  • September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
  • October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
  • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

Day of death April 30, 1989

• The temperature on April 30, 1989 was between 0.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • June 5 » The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
  • July 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.
  • July 26 » A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
  • September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
  • October 17 » The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
  • December 29 » The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1993 » Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
• 1994 » Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (b. 1919)
• 1994 » Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)