Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Martina van Wijngaarden (1904-1981)

Day of marriage June 13, 1928

• The temperature on June 13, 1928 was between 8.2 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Day of death October 17, 1981

• The temperature on October 17, 1981 was between 2.3 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 8.7 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
  • April 26 » Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
  • May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
  • June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
  • October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
  • December 14 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
• 1979 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
• 1979 » S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1981 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)