Database Admiraal » Jan Cornelis Gerardus Gregorius Admiraal (1924-1993)

Day of marriage June 16, 1943

• The temperature on June 16, 1943 was between 6.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 14 » World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
  • February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
  • July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
  • September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
  • October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
  • October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".

Day of death March 14, 1993

• The temperature on March 14, 1993 was between 0.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • April 24 » An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
  • May 5 » Three eight-year-old boys are murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, Ultimately leading to the conviction of the West Memphis Three.
  • August 7 » Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • October 4 » Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
  • October 7 » The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
  • November 23 » Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (b. 1892)
• 1991 » Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (b. 1950)
• 1995 » William Alfred Fowler, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1997 » Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1907)
• 1999 » John Broome, American author (b. 1913)
• 1999 » Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)