Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Joannes Leijten (1919-1999)

Day of marriage November 4, 1942

• The temperature on November 4, 1942 was between 3.5 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
  • February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • February 18 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
  • February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
  • June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
  • November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.

Day of death June 14, 1999

• The temperature on June 14, 1999 was between 11.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
  • April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
  • May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
  • July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
  • December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
  • December 31 » The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1917)
• 1996 » Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1999 » Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
• 2000 » Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (b. 1911)
• 2002 » June Jordan, American author and activist (b. 1936)