Database Van Broekhoven » Antonius Maria van Broekhoven (1912-1983)

Day of marriage November 13, 1939

• The temperature on November 13, 1939 was between 5.7 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
  • August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
  • September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
  • November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
  • November 17 » Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.

Day of death March 14, 1983

• The temperature on March 14, 1983 was between 6.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 14 » United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
  • March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
  • April 18 » A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
  • May 6 » The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
  • May 26 » The 7.8 M_w  Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
  • October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (b. 1928)
• 1980 » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (b. 1892)