Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Johannes Maria Verhoof (1911-1988)

Day of marriage July 17, 1936

• The temperature on July 17, 1936 was between 9.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
  • August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
  • December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
  • December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

Day of death October 2, 1988

• The temperature on October 2, 1988 was between 4.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
  • May 24 » Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
  • August 8 » The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
  • September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1988 » Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1912)
• 1991 » Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (b. 1921)