Family tree Servaes, Maastricht/Venlo/Straelen/Neuss/Düsseldorf » Geerdina Johanna Maria van de Burgt (1915-1994)

Day of marriage December 2, 1936

• The temperature on December 2, 1936 was between 2.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
  • May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
  • August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
  • September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
  • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.

Day of death July 21, 1994

• The temperature on July 21, 1994 was between 14.3 °C and 29.4 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The 6.7 M_w  Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
  • April 14 » In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
  • August 12 » Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
  • September 12 » Frank Eugene Corder fatally crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West wing. There were no other casualties.
  • December 11 » A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
  • December 31 » This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
• 1994 » Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 2000 » Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)