Family tree Plugboer » Jan Wals (1900-1983)

Day of marriage May 26, 1926

• The temperature on May 26, 1926 was between 5.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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.
  • May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
  • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
  • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

Day of death February 2, 1983

• The temperature on February 2, 1983 was between 0.6 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • May 17 » The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2million pounds [1.9kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
  • June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • July 1 » A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
  • July 25 » Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
  • August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
  • November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
• 1980 » William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 1983 » Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
• 1986 » Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (b. 1959)