Database Van Broekhoven » Josephus Persoons (1911-1989)

Day of marriage August 11, 1943

• The temperature on August 11, 1943 was between 9.9 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 27 » World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
  • March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  • June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
  • July 5 » World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
  • September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
  • December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.

Day of death April 23, 1989

• The temperature on April 23, 1989 was between 3.5 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
  • April 7 » Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
  • June 5 » The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
  • October 15 » Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
  • December 16 » Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
  • December 17 » Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
• 1990 » Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
• 1992 » Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)