Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Antonius Bogers (1914-1993)

Day of marriage June 16, 1944

• The temperature on June 16, 1944 was between 10.1 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
  • September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
  • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
  • October 8 » World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
  • October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
  • October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.

Day of death July 31, 1993

• The temperature on July 31, 1993 was between 13.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
  • January 7 » Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
  • February 26 » World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
  • March 22 » The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
  • August 31 » Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
  • December 15 » The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
• 1987 » Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)
• 1990 » Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Leonard Cheshire, English captain and pilot (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Baudouin, King of Belgium (b. 1930)
• 2000 » William Keepers Maxwell Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1908)