Van Lerberghe genealogy » Adolphine Marie'Françoise' BUYS (1896-1985)

Day of marriage September 27, 1918

• The temperature on September 27, 1918 was between 8.8 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
  • July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
  • August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
  • September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
  • November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
  • December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.

Day of death May 4, 1985

• The temperature on May 4, 1985 was between 5.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
  • January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
  • April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
  • October 3 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight.
  • November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
  • December 16 » Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938)
• 1987 » Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1942)