Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Lijsbeth (Antje) Moerbeek (1897-1989)

Day of marriage April 8, 1926

• The temperature on April 8, 1926 was between 6.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
  • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
  • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
  • November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

Day of death June 4, 1989

• The temperature on June 4, 1989 was between 7.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
  • May 12 » The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people. A week later an underground gasoline pipeline explodes killing two more people.
  • June 4 » Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.
  • August 24 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • November 17 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).

Day of burial June 8, 1989

• The temperature on June 8, 1989 was between 7.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 4 » Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
  • January 30 » The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
  • April 1 » Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
  • June 4 » Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
  • July 6 » The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
  • December 20 » The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (b. 1897)
• 1989 » Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
• 1990 » Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
• 1992 » Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (b. 1910)
• 1993 » Bernard Evslin, American writer (b. 1922)
• 1994 » Derek Leckenby, English musician (b. 1943)