Database Van Broekhoven » Antonius Cornelis Nicolaas Simons (1921-1999)

Day of marriage July 31, 1943

• The temperature on July 31, 1943 was between 13.4 °C and 28.3 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
  • February 7 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
  • March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
  • 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.
  • October 8 » World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
  • November 3 » World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.

Day of death October 28, 1999

• The temperature on October 28, 1999 was between 8.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
  • April 9 » Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins.
  • April 18 » Wayne Gretzky, the National Hockey League's all-time points scorer, plays his final game at Madison Square Garden as a teammate of the New York Rangers in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Gretzky recorded his final career point, an assist, bringing his career point total to 2,857.
  • May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
  • November 9 » TAESA Flight 725 crashes after takeoff from Uruapan International Airport in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.
  • November 30 » British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2000 » Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (b. 1969)
• 2001 » Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1898)