Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Josephus Hoevenaars (1907-1985)

Day of marriage September 11, 1944

• The temperature on September 11, 1944 was between 2.0 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
  • April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
  • August 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
  • September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
  • October 29 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
  • November 10 » The ammunition ship USSMount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.

Day of death December 26, 1985

• The temperature on December 26, 1985 was between 0.4 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 35.9 mm of rain during 16.6 hours. The almost completely overcast 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
  • July 17 » Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).
  • July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
  • October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
  • November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
  • November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1897)