Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Ploegmakers (1910-1994)

Day of marriage October 15, 1943

• The temperature on October 15, 1943 was between 1.7 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
  • March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
  • May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
  • October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.
  • October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
  • November 24 » World War II: At the battle of Makin the USSLiscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.

Day of death September 11, 1994

• The temperature on September 11, 1994 was between 9.5 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • June 23 » NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
  • August 12 » Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
  • September 8 » USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.
  • September 30 » Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years in service.
  • November 30 » MSAchille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.
  • December 24 » Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist
• 1993 » Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1912)
• 1993 » Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (b. 1945)
• 1994 » Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (b. 1909)
• 1994 » Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (b. 1910)
• 1995 » Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (b. 1952)