Family tree Opperman » Cornelis Antonius Wilhelmus "Nelis" Wolff (1893-1983)

Day of marriage December 20, 1916

• The temperature on December 20, 1916 was between -1.7 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
  • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • 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.
  • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

Day of death March 30, 1983

• The temperature on March 30, 1983 was between 3.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 27 » The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
  • March 11 » Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
  • July 11 » A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
  • August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
  • October 25 » The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
  • November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (b. 1916)
• 1981 » DeWitt Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Karl Rahner, German-Austrian priest and theologian (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Harold Peary, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
• 1986 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » John Ciardi, American poet and etymologist (b. 1916)