Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Gertrude Lowes (1907-1985)

Day of marriage July 1, 1936

• The temperature on July 1, 1936 was between 12.5 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
  • August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
  • October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
  • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
  • November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
  • December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

Day of death November 10, 1985

• The temperature on November 10, 1985 was between 0.8 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 19.9 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
  • March 17 » Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
  • March 20 » Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  • October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
  • November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
  • December 14 » Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
• 1987 » Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1961)
• 1990 » Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1943)