Database Van Broekhoven » Josephus Maria Antonius Pancratius van Brunschot (1905-1991)

Day of marriage August 14, 1941

• The temperature on August 14, 1941 was between 9.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • June 27 » World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
  • July 7 » The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
  • October 22 » World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
  • October 30 » President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
  • December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
  • December 20 » World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.

Day of death December 14, 1991

• The temperature on December 14, 1991 was between -2.8 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
  • May 5 » A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
  • May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
  • May 26 » Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.
  • May 31 » Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.
  • October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Robert Eddison, Japanese-English actor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Jeff Alm, American football player (b. 1968)
• 1993 » Myrna Loy, American actress (b. 1905)