Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Baptist van Oudheusden (1909-1974)

Day of marriage May 27, 1942

• The temperature on May 27, 1942 was between 9.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
  • March 31 » World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
  • May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
  • June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
  • September 13 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.

Day of death January 2, 1974

• The temperature on January 2, 1974 was between -5.8 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
  • June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
  • July 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
  • August 30 » A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
  • September 1 » The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353km/h).
  • November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)