Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Jan Hendrik Verhoeven (1894-1987)

Day of marriage May 25, 1916

• The temperature on May 25, 1916 was between 11.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 15.8 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (25%). 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.

Day of death February 9, 1987

• The temperature on February 9, 1987 was between 4.7 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
  • May 1 » Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
  • October 1 » The 5.9 M_w  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
  • October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
  • November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1981 » M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1994 » Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)