Database Van Broekhoven » Anna van Engelen (1908-1991)

Day of marriage October 18, 1939

• The temperature on October 18, 1939 was between 6.2 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
  • May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
  • September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
  • October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
  • December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

Day of death August 19, 1991

• The temperature on August 19, 1991 was between 8.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
  • March 26 » Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
  • April 9 » Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
  • April 10 » A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
  • July 7 » Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.

Source: Wikipedia

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