Family tree Jan Werkman » Knelske Hofman (1906-1999)

Day of marriage May 11, 1932

• The temperature on May 11, 1932 was between 3.7 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
  • July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
  • July 28 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
  • September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
  • September 7 » The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
  • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

Day of death June 3, 1999

• The temperature on June 3, 1999 was between 12.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
  • January 21 » War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500lb) of cocaine on board.
  • March 24 » Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
  • October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
  • December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
  • December 31 » The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore (b. 1918)
• 1994 » Puig Aubert, German-French rugby player and coach (b. 1925)
• 1997 » Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (b. 1913)
• 2003 » Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (b. 1907)