Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Baptist Cornelis Maria de Wit (1912-1996)

Day of marriage October 11, 1939

• The temperature on October 11, 1939 was between 7.3 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
  • April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
  • April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
  • April 30 » The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
  • June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
  • September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

Day of death October 21, 1996

• The temperature on October 21, 1996 was between 6.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • January 25 » Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the U.S.A.
  • April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
  • May 28 » U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
  • June 25 » The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
  • July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
  • July 27 » In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
• 1995 » Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (b. 1939)
• 1995 » Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
• 1996 » Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)