Database Van Broekhoven » Adriana Anna Maria de Kok (1907-1979)

Day of marriage August 24, 1938

• The temperature on August 24, 1938 was between 8.6 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
  • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
  • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
  • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
  • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

Day of death January 4, 1979

• The temperature on January 4, 1979 was between -12.9 °C and -4.4 °C and averaged -7.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 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 year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
  • March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
  • March 25 » The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
  • May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
  • October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
  • November 1 » Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)
• 1988 » Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)