FutureHistory » Maria Rosalia "Mieke" (Maria Rosalia "Mieke") van Ranst (1886-1980)

Day of marriage September 17, 1910

• The temperature on September 17, 1910 was between 10.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
  • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Day of death July 27, 1980

• The temperature on July 27, 1980 was between 14.5 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
  • January 27 » Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
  • February 26 » Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
  • March 21 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
  • August 1 » Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
  • September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian king (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Elizabeth Rona, Hungarian American nuclear chemist (b. 1890)
• 1981 » William Wyler, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1984 » James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)