Family tree Van Gestel » Catharina Dymphna van Gestel (1907-1983)

Day of marriage October 13, 1935

• The temperature on October 13, 1935 was between 2.6 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
  • February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
  • March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
  • April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
  • May 6 » New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
  • December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.

Day of death June 26, 1983

• The temperature on June 26, 1983 was between 12.1 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • July 24 » George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
  • July 27 » Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
  • September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
  • November 7 » United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
  • December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)
• 1990 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)