Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Henricus Langeslag (1920-1997)

Day of marriage February 4, 1942

• The temperature on February 4, 1942 was between -5.4 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
  • April 3 » World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
  • July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
  • September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
  • October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
  • December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.

Day of death January 23, 1997

• The temperature on January 23, 1997 was between 1.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
  • May 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
  • May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
  • July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
  • August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
  • December 19 » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1993 » Keith Laumer, American soldier, author, and diplomat (b. 1925)
• 1994 » Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)