Family tree Scheffelaar » Catharina Antonia Carolina Wiersma (1905-1998)

Day of marriage April 13, 1928

• The temperature on April 13, 1928 was between 2.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.

Day of death August 2, 1998

• The temperature on August 2, 1998 was between 11.7 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • May 30 » The 6.5 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.
  • June 4 » Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
  • July 24 » Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
  • December 6 » in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
  • December 29 » Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.
  • December 31 » The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
• 1997 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1998 » Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
• 1999 » Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934)