Database Van Broekhoven » Elisabeth Petronella Vissers (1918-1991)

Day of marriage January 28, 1944

• The temperature on January 28, 1944 was between 8.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
  • June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
  • August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
  • September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
  • October 19 » A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
  • November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.

Day of death February 23, 1991

• The temperature on February 23, 1991 was between 6.6 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  • February 1 » A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
  • February 15 » The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
  • March 16 » The airplane carrying eight members of Reba McEntire's touring band crashed on the side of Otay Mountain.
  • August 20 » Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
  • August 24 » Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1990 » José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
• 1995 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1945)
• 1998 » Philip Abbott, American actor and director (b. 1924)
• 1999 » The Renegade, American wrestler (b. 1965)