FutureHistory » Juliana Francisca Govers (1903-1987)

Day of marriage October 7, 1927

• The temperature on October 7, 1927 was between 6.0 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
  • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
  • August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
  • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

Day of death May 19, 1987

• The temperature on May 19, 1987 was between 6.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  • May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
  • June 12 » The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
  • June 19 » Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
  • August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
  • October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)