Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Hendrikus van Lieshout (1903-1989)

Day of marriage October 17, 1929

• The temperature on October 17, 1929 was between 9.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (32%). 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
  • May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
  • June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
  • August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
  • September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
  • October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Day of death October 21, 1989

• The temperature on October 21, 1989 was between 12.7 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • March 12 » Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the world wide web.
  • May 20 » The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
  • June 3 » The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
  • August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
  • August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
  • November 22 » In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (b. 1934)
• 1990 » Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (b. 1898)