Family tree Jan Werkman » Elisabeth Maria van Schilt (1910-1988)

Day of marriage March 31, 1937

• The temperature on March 31, 1937 was between -1.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
  • April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
  • May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
  • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
  • September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.

Day of death August 1, 1988

• The temperature on August 1, 1988 was between 10.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
  • March 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
  • April 14 » The USSSamuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
  • May 24 » Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
  • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
  • December 2 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.

Day of burial August 4, 1988

• The temperature on August 4, 1988 was between 9.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • May 16 » A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
  • July 31 » Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
  • August 8 » The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
  • August 17 » President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
  • September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
  • October 17 » Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 1982 » T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
• 1989 » John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
• 1990 » Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)