Family tree Diverse » Maria Helena Arendina Niekerk (1913-1994)

Day of marriage September 16, 1935

• The temperature on September 16, 1935 was between 11.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • May 31 » A 7.7 M_w  earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
  • June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
  • July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
  • October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
  • October 10 » In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.

Day of death September 2, 1994

• The temperature on September 2, 1994 was between 13.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
  • April 30 » Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.
  • June 13 » A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15billion in damages.
  • October 21 » North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
  • November 30 » MSAchille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.
  • December 11 » A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.

Day of burial September 7, 1994

• The temperature on September 7, 1994 was between 8.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
  • April 26 » China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
  • May 24 » Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
  • August 24 » Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
  • September 3 » Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
  • December 31 » The First Chechen War: The Russian Ground Forces begin a New Year's storming of Grozny.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (b. 1937)
• 1991 » Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1996 » Paddy Clift, Zimbabwean cricketer (b. 1953)
• 1997 » Rudolf Bing, Austrian-American manager (b. 1902)
• 1997 » Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)