Vandenberg Tree » Marinus Koets (1907-1997)

Day of marriage June 16, 1932

• The temperature on June 16, 1932 was between 12.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  • July 31 » The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
  • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
  • September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
  • November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

Day of death January 20, 1997

• The temperature on January 20, 1997 was between 0.5 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
  • April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
  • August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
  • September 14 » Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • October 27 » The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.

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• 1993 » Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, first Kenyan Vice-President (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927)
• 2002 » Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)
• 2003 » Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)