Database Van Broekhoven » Teunis Karel Bertus van Diem (1909-1997)

Day of marriage March 7, 1940

• The temperature on March 7, 1940 was between -1.6 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
  • May 26 » World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
  • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
  • August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
  • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
  • October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.

Day of death September 20, 1997

• The temperature on September 20, 1997 was between 4.0 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • May 27 » The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
  • July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
  • August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
  • August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
  • September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​⁄₂ billion watched around the world on television.
  • September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Jule Styne, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1996 » Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1929)
• 1999 » Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)