Broersma Family Tree » Harvey James Kortman (1924-1984)

Day of marriage December 13, 1946

• The temperature on December 13, 1946 was between 0.4 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
  • February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
  • April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
  • April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
  • September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
  • December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

Day of death September 26, 1984

• The temperature on September 26, 1984 was between 8.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 22 » The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
  • January 28 » Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
  • February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
  • June 3 » Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
  • August 5 » A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes on approach to Zia International Airport, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing all 49 people on board.
  • December 20 » The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
• 1987 » Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
• 1987 » Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach (b. 1929)