Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus de Ruijter (1915-1996)

Day of marriage December 13, 1937

• The temperature on December 13, 1937 was between -0.7 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
  • March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
  • April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
  • May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
  • July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
  • December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

Day of death April 16, 1996

• The temperature on April 16, 1996 was between 4.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 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 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
  • March 23 » Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
  • April 3 » Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
  • May 11 » After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
  • October 31 » TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
  • November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919)
• 1994 » Ralph Ellison, American novelist and critic (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (b. 1917)
• 1996 » Stavros Niarchos, Greek-Swiss businessman (b. 1909)
• 1997 » Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (b. 1921)
• 1997 » Roland Topor, French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938)