Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Johannes Maria van Riel (1909-1989)

Day of marriage May 29, 1933

• The temperature on May 29, 1933 was between 7.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • April 24 » Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
  • April 26 » The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
  • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
  • August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
  • August 25 » The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
  • December 15 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.

Day of death March 29, 1989

• The temperature on March 29, 1989 was between 7.0 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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 Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • March 24 » In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000m) of crude oil after running aground.
  • April 9 » Tbilisi massacre: an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
  • June 4 » Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
  • July 17 » Holy See–Poland relations are restored.
  • August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
  • November 27 » Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (b. 1924)
• 1991 » Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Paul Henreid, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1994 » Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)