Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Christinus Martens (1917-1983)

Day of marriage May 12, 1945

• The temperature on May 12, 1945 was between 12.9 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • April 30 » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
  • May 23 » World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
  • August 21 » Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • August 30 » The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
  • October 30 » Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
  • November 29 » The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.

Day of death June 29, 1983

• The temperature on June 29, 1983 was between 13.2 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
  • July 25 » Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
  • September 12 » A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
  • October 4 » Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
  • October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
  • December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 1980 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (b. 1912)
• 1982 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1982 » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (b. 1914)
• 1986 » Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1897)