Family tree Verloop » Johanna Bastiaantje MEERBURG (1901-1992)

Day of marriage January 16, 1930

• The temperature on January 16, 1930 was between 2.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
  • March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
  • May 7 » The 7.1 M_w  Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
  • June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
  • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
  • December 29 » Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

Day of death May 3, 1992

• The temperature on May 3, 1992 was between 2.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • March 17 » A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
  • May 7 » Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
  • June 17 » A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
  • November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
  • November 20 » In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50million worth of damage.
  • November 21 » A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)
• 1989 » Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman (b. 1926)
• 1991 » Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 1992 » George Murphy, American actor, dancer, and politician (b. 1902)
• 1996 » Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 1996 » Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)