Database Van Broekhoven » Aloijsius Maria Kwantes (1915-1979)

Day of marriage December 29, 1942

• The temperature on December 29, 1942 was between -2.0 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
  • May 12 » World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
  • July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
  • August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
  • December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
  • December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Day of death February 19, 1979

• The temperature on February 19, 1979 was between -4.9 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
  • July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
  • August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
  • September 22 » A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
  • December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
  • December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Anthony Crosland, English captain and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1918)
• 1977 » Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1983 » Alice White, American actress (b. 1904)