Database Van Broekhoven » Johanna Martina Brunas (1911-1990)

Day of marriage April 13, 1940

• The temperature on April 13, 1940 was between -0.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
  • June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
  • June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
  • July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
  • July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

Day of death August 4, 1990

• The temperature on August 4, 1990 was between 15.7 °C and 35.3 °C and averaged 24.8 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
  • April 4 » The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
  • June 10 » British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
  • August 7 » First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
  • August 28 » An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
  • December 11 » Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)
• 1990 » Ettore Maserati, Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1894)
• 1992 » Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Geoff Hamilton, English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936)
• 1997 » Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (b. 1875)