Family tree Weening » Magdalena Catharina Couperus (1890-1982)

Christening day May 31, 1891

• The temperature on May 31, 1891 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
  • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
  • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
  • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
  • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
  • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of marriage May 10, 1917

• The temperature on May 10, 1917 was between 3.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
  • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
  • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

Day of death November 19, 1982

• The temperature on November 19, 1982 was between 5.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • April 17 » Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
  • May 1 » Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
  • June 13 » Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
  • July 9 » Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
  • August 11 » A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
  • November 14 » Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1900)
• 1985 » Stepin Fetchit, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Christina Onassis, American-Greek businesswoman (b. 1950)
• 1988 » Peggy Parish, American author (b. 1927)