Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelia Petronella Johanna Maria de Jong (1914-1995)

Day of marriage October 28, 1940

• The temperature on October 28, 1940 was between -2.7 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
  • May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
  • June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
  • September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
  • September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.
  • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

Day of death January 24, 1995

• The temperature on January 24, 1995 was between 5.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
  • May 23 » The first version of the Java programming language is released.
  • July 5 » Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • August 5 » Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
  • November 6 » Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
  • December 6 » Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1990 » Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)