Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Wilhelmus van Breugel (1898-1979)

Day of marriage September 21, 1925

• The temperature on September 21, 1925 was between 11.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
  • April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
  • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • August 5 » Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
  • December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

Day of death September 14, 1979

• The temperature on September 14, 1979 was between 3.3 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
  • March 28 » The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
  • July 17 » Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.
  • November 4 » Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
  • November 19 » Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
  • December 3 » In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (b. 1917)
• 1981 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
• 1981 » William Loeb III, American publisher (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1947)
• 1982 » Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
• 1982 » John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1933)