Family tree Eijskoot » Wilhelmina van Steen (1896-1993)
Personal data Wilhelmina van Steen
- She was born on August 31, 1896.
- She died on April 3, 1993 in Zaandam, she was 96 years old.
- A child of Cornelis van Steen and Cornelia Boon
Household of Wilhelmina van Steen
She is married to Pieter Betjes.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- Anna Cornelia Betjes 1922-2001
- Nicolaas Cornelis Betjes 1924-2008
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Historical events
Birthday August 31, 1896
- The temperature on August 31, 1896 was about 18.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
- March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
Day of death April 3, 1993
- The temperature on April 3, 1993 was between -0.4 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
- April 23 » Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
- July 29 » The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
- September 13 » Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
- September 22 » A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
- October 7 » The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
- December 2 » Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
Same birth/death day
- 1893 » Lily Laskine, French harp player († 1988)
- 1894 » Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author († 1982)
- 1896 » Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal († 1979)
- 1896 » Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author († 1982)
- 1897 » Fredric March, American lieutenant, actor, and singer († 1975)
- 1900 » Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini († 1943)
- 1990 » Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)
- 1991 » Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (b. 1901)
- 1991 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1904)
- 1993 » Pinky Lee, American television host (b. 1907)
- 1994 » Frank Wells, American businessman (b. 1932)
- 1995 » Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (b. 1902)
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