Database Van Broekhoven » Henricus Cornelis Petrus Snels (1917-1979)

Day of marriage June 26, 1944

• The temperature on June 26, 1944 was between 10.7 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
  • March 18 » Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
  • June 4 » World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
  • June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
  • August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
  • September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.

Day of death March 13, 1979

• The temperature on March 13, 1979 was between 2.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
  • March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
  • March 26 » Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
  • April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
  • May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
  • October 1 » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1972 » Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul Citroen, German-Dutch illustrator and educator (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (b. 1903)