Family tree Fokker » Albertus Johannes Voorhorst (1908-1993)

Day of marriage November 29, 1929

• The temperature on November 29, 1929 was between 8.6 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
  • April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
  • May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
  • August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
  • November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
  • December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

Day of death June 24, 1993

• The temperature on June 24, 1993 was between 6.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • January 25 » Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
  • March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
  • April 19 » The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. 76 Davidians, including eighteen children under the age of ten, died in the fire.
  • April 23 » Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
  • July 25 » Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
  • November 18 » In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
• 1991 » Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1994 » Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
• 1995 » Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney Morissette v. United States (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)