Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Gerrit van Middelkoop (1907-1988)

Day of marriage April 28, 1933

• The temperature on April 28, 1933 was between 5.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • March 28 » The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
  • April 1 » English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
  • June 16 » The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
  • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
  • October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
  • November 8 » Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.

Day of death September 29, 1988

• The temperature on September 29, 1988 was between 5.8 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (64%). 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
  • March 16 » Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
  • March 16 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
  • April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
  • May 6 » All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
  • December 8 » A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1920)
• 1987 » Henry Ford II, American businessman (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
• 1989 » Georges Ulmer, Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Gussie Busch, American businessman (b. 1899)
• 1993 » Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1907)