Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Hendrikus Cornelis de Kanter (1915-1992)

Day of marriage February 4, 1937

• The temperature on February 4, 1937 was between 6.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
  • June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
  • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
  • August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
  • September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
  • December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

Day of death May 7, 1992

• The temperature on May 7, 1992 was between 11.3 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • April 9 » A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
  • August 22 » FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
  • September 18 » An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.
  • November 13 » The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
  • December 21 » A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56.
  • December 29 » Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909)
• 1995 » Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910)