Database Van Broekhoven » Marinus de Jongh (1912-1990)

Day of marriage June 17, 1937

• The temperature on June 17, 1937 was between 8.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • 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.
  • March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
  • April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
  • June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
  • June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
  • July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.

Day of death April 26, 1990

• The temperature on April 26, 1990 was between 3.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 12 » A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
  • January 18 » Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
  • February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
  • September 12 » The Red Cross organizations of mainland China and Taiwan sign Kinmen Agreement on repatriation of illegal immigrants and criminal suspects after two days of talks in Kinmen, Fujian Province in response to the two tragedies in repatriation in the previous two months. It is the first agreement reached by private organizations across the Taiwan Strait.
  • September 12 » The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
  • November 15 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911)
• 1991 » A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian, (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1931)