Family tree Jan Werkman » Gilles de Langen (1899-1981)

Day of marriage May 19, 1926

• The temperature on May 19, 1926 was between 1.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
  • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
  • September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
  • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

Day of death January 28, 1981

• The temperature on January 28, 1981 was between 4.0 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • March 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
  • July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • July 30 » As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
  • August 10 » Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
  • November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • November 30 » Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)

Day of burial January 31, 1981

• The temperature on January 31, 1981 was between 0.3 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
  • March 30 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
  • April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
  • April 27 » Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
  • August 10 » Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
  • September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
• 1986 » Space Shuttle Challenger crew
• 1988 » Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)