Database Van Broekhoven » Thomas Antonius de Jong (1910-1987)

Day of marriage August 5, 1932

• The temperature on August 5, 1932 was between 8.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
  • May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
  • July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
  • July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
  • July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
  • October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.

Day of death January 23, 1987

• The temperature on January 23, 1987 was between 1.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • February 2 » After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
  • February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
  • February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  • October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
  • October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
  • November 7 » In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1985 » James Beard, American chef and cookbook author for whom the James Beard Foundation Awards are named (b.1905)
• 1986 » Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (b. 1921)
• 1988 » Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1989 » Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (b. 1961)
• 1989 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)