Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis Johannes van Dijk (1915-1979)

Day of marriage March 17, 1943

• The temperature on March 17, 1943 was between -1.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
  • July 9 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
  • September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
  • October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
  • October 19 » The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
  • December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.

Day of death November 20, 1979

• The temperature on November 20, 1979 was between 1.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
  • July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
  • September 29 » The dictator Francisco Macias of Equatorial Guinea is shot by soldiers from Western Sahara.
  • November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
  • December 4 » The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
  • December 12 » The 8.2 M_w  Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Francisco Franco, Spanish Fascist dictator (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
• 1980 » John McEwen, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)