Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes van Keulen (1904-1983)

Day of marriage September 16, 1930

• The temperature on September 16, 1930 was between 9.2 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
  • February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
  • March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
  • April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
  • June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
  • June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.

Day of death June 30, 1983

• The temperature on June 30, 1983 was between 12.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 8 » Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
  • March 21 » The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
  • September 26 » Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
  • October 12 » Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
  • October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
  • December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1973 » Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Alberta Williams King, Civil rights activist (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1898)
• 1984 » Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1985 » Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (b. 1933)