Database Van Broekhoven » Henricus Jacobus Goossens (1920-1991)

Day of marriage August 2, 1947

• The temperature on August 2, 1947 was between 10.9 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
  • March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
  • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
  • April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
  • September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.

Day of death November 20, 1991

• The average temperature on November 20, 1991 was 2.2 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • April 10 » A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
  • August 23 » The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
  • September 6 » The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1, 1991.
  • October 1 » Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
  • November 7 » Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
  • December 26 » The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Lynn Bari, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1992 » Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1930)
• 1995 » Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)
• 1997 » Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (b. 1926)