Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Petrus Bartholomeus de Graauw (1913-1990)

Day of marriage March 2, 1944

• The temperature on March 2, 1944 was between -1.7 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 30 » Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
  • July 20 » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
  • July 21 » World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
  • August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
  • September 3 » Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
  • September 9 » World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.

Day of death November 25, 1990

• The temperature on November 25, 1990 was between 2.1 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
  • May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
  • June 12 » Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
  • August 6 » Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
  • September 12 » The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
  • December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Franz Hildebrandt, German pastor and theologian (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Alva R. Fitch, American general (b. 1907)
• 1990 » Merab Mamardashvili, Georgian philosopher and academic (b. 1930)
• 1991 » Eleanor Audley, American actress and voice artist (b. 1905)