Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Gerardus Homan (1905-1981)

Day of marriage July 16, 1936

• The temperature on July 16, 1936 was between 11.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
  • August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
  • October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
  • November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
  • December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
  • December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

Day of death December 31, 1981

• The temperature on December 31, 1981 was between 0.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • January 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
  • May 13 » Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
  • June 27 » The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
  • August 7 » The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
  • November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • December 19 » Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
• 1987 » Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)