Database Van Broekhoven » Joanna Maria Helena van Engelen (1904-1991)

Day of marriage July 8, 1936

• The temperature on July 8, 1936 was between 12.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • 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.
  • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
  • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
  • October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
  • December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.

Day of death November 16, 1991

• The temperature on November 16, 1991 was between -2.1 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 2 » Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
  • May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
  • May 21 » Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
  • August 22 » Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
  • October 29 » The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
  • December 31 » All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date five days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Jim Brewer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1937)
• 1989 » Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 1990 » Ege Bagatur, Turkish politician (b. 1937)
• 1993 » Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-born French clown (b. 1915)
• 1993 » Lucia Popp, Slovak-German soprano (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)