Database Van Broekhoven » Jan Hubert Simenon (1905-1974)

Day of marriage May 22, 1931

• The temperature on May 22, 1931 was between 7.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
  • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

Day of death February 21, 1974

• The temperature on February 21, 1974 was between 0.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • June 29 » Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
  • July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • August 30 » A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
  • September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
  • November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
  • December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930)
• 1980 » Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)