Family tree Jan Werkman » Willem van der Wal (1917-1993)

Day of marriage January 15, 1938

• The temperature on January 15, 1938 was between 6.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
  • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
  • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
  • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

Day of death January 20, 1993

• The temperature on January 20, 1993 was between 8.7 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 16.1 mm of rain during 18.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • April 11 » Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
  • May 29 » The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
  • July 25 » The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • October 3 » An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
  • November 17 » United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
  • November 23 » Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 1990 » Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1993 » Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, first Kenyan Vice-President (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927)