Family tree Dröge en Vaillant » Marie / Maria Eleonara / Eleonora (Emmy) Lewis (1911-1985)

Day of marriage September 25, 1927

• The temperature on September 25, 1927 was between 6.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (63%). 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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
  • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
  • October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.

Day of death November 7, 1985

• The temperature on November 7, 1985 was between 2.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (32%). 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • March 8 » A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
  • May 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
  • May 31 » United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
  • June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
  • October 26 » The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
  • November 19 » Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Germaine Tailleferre, French pianist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1986 » Tracy Pew, Australian bass player (b. 1957)
• 1988 » Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (b. 1926)