Family tree Thysebaert-De Maeyer » Albertus Henricus Spiessens (1899-1990)

Day of marriage May 22, 1924

• The temperature on May 22, 1924 was between 14.3 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
  • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
  • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
  • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
  • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.

Day of death April 2, 1990

• The temperature on April 2, 1990 was between 7.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  • March 10 » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
  • June 10 » British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
  • August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
  • September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
  • September 12 » The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
• 1994 » Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)
• 1994 » Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908)