Family tree Hesselius » Jan de Boer (1901-1993)

Day of marriage May 24, 1928

• The temperature on May 24, 1928 was between 2.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.

Day of death July 25, 1993

• The temperature on July 25, 1993 was between 11.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 13 » Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
  • March 7 » The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.
  • May 10 » In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.
  • July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
  • October 4 » Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
  • November 18 » In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.

Day of burial July 29, 1993

• The temperature on July 29, 1993 was between 16.0 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • March 22 » The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
  • March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
  • April 22 » Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.
  • August 21 » NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
  • September 24 » The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
  • November 20 » Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes near Ohrid killing all 116 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Judith Barsi, American child actress (b. 1978)
• 1989 » Steve Rubell, American businessman, co-owner of Studio 54 (b. 1943)
• 1991 » Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (b. 1893)
• 1992 » Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 1997 » Ben Hogan, American golfer (b. 1912)