Bidprentjesverzameling Stichting De Oude Schoenendoos » Burgemeester Arnold Geurts (1909-1978)

Day of marriage August 16, 1939

• The temperature on August 16, 1939 was between 9.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
  • March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
  • July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
  • August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
  • August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
  • November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

Day of death February 2, 1978

• The temperature on February 2, 1978 was between 0.3 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
  • September 7 » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
  • September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
  • October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
  • November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.

Day of burial February 8, 1978

• The temperature on February 8, 1978 was between -4.2 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
  • April 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
  • June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
  • August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
  • September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1975 » Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
• 1980 » William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)