Database Van Broekhoven » Ferdinandus Cornelius Maria van Dongen (1905-1978)

Day of marriage July 26, 1932

• The temperature on July 26, 1932 was between 11.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 15.3 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
  • January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
  • June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
  • September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
  • November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
  • December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.

Day of death October 11, 1978

• The temperature on October 11, 1978 was between 11.3 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.
  • January 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
  • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
  • May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
  • August 17 » Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
  • November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
• 1976 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
• 1977 » MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1983 » R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)