Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Brigida Manders (1904-1985)

Day of marriage November 1, 1937

• The temperature on November 1, 1937 was between 7.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
  • May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
  • June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
  • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
  • July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
  • December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Day of death August 11, 1985

• The temperature on August 11, 1985 was between 8.8 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
  • May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
  • June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
  • June 30 » Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
  • October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
  • November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
• 1986 » János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
• 1988 » Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1989 » John Meillon, Australian actor (b. 1934)