Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Johannes van den Wijngaard (1892-1984)

Day of marriage July 9, 1919

• The temperature on July 9, 1919 was between 11.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
  • January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
  • April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
  • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
  • September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
  • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

Day of death May 21, 1984

• The temperature on May 21, 1984 was between 7.0 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 30.0 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 24 » Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
  • April 19 » Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
  • May 27 » The Danube-Black Sea canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
  • June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
  • July 28 » Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
  • December 4 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1981 » Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1983 » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Sammy Davis Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1991 » Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)