Database Van Broekhoven » Adriaan Engelbertus van Gorkum (1911-1996)

Day of marriage June 15, 1937

• The temperature on June 15, 1937 was between 11.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
  • March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
  • May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
  • June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
  • July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
  • August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.

Day of death September 23, 1996

• The temperature on September 23, 1996 was between 8.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • May 11 » After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
  • May 13 » Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
  • June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
  • October 2 » The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
  • December 9 » Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topfree in Ontario, Canada.
  • December 10 » The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
• 1994 » Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900)
• 1994 » Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1998 » Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)