Database Van Broekhoven » Henricus Joannes Maria Schellekens (1909-1980)

Day of marriage April 29, 1937

• The temperature on April 29, 1937 was between 6.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
  • May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
  • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
  • June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
  • July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
  • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.

Day of death June 8, 1980

• The temperature on June 8, 1980 was between 7.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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)
• 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, 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 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
  • March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
  • March 18 » A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
  • April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
  • October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
  • December 2 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1971 » J.I. Rodale, American author and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1976 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)
• 1982 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1987 » Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)