Database Van Broekhoven » Johanna van Son (1908-1976)

Day of marriage June 12, 1933

• The temperature on June 12, 1933 was between 10.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • March 4 » Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States.
  • March 28 » The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
  • May 2 » Germany's independent labor unions are replaced by the German Labour Front.
  • May 10 » Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
  • June 16 » The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
  • September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.

Day of death August 17, 1976

• The temperature on August 17, 1976 was between 10.8 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
  • February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
  • June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
  • July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
  • September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
  • September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• 1973 » Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904)
• 1979 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)