Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Cornelis van Hest (1901-1978)

Day of marriage August 28, 1928

• The temperature on August 28, 1928 was between 11.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 6.7 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Day of death January 25, 1978

• The temperature on January 25, 1978 was between 2.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
  • September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
  • November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
  • November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
  • December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
  • December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Barry III, Guinean lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
• 1972 » Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Skender Kulenović, Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Adele Astaire, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Mikhail Suslov, Russian economist and politician (b. 1902)