Family tree Weening » Femke "Fannie" Nijboer (1898-1988)

Day of marriage September 8, 1920

• The temperature on September 8, 1920 was between 7.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
  • July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
  • July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
  • August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
  • December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

Day of death August 28, 1988

• The temperature on August 28, 1988 was between 15.1 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
  • March 16 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
  • April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
  • May 8 » A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
  • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
  • November 15 » The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist (b. 1903)
• 1987 » John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1918)
• 1988 » Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 1989 » John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (b. 1950)
• 1990 » Willy Vandersteen, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913)