Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Hendrik Blom (1916-1994)

Day of marriage August 14, 1940

• The temperature on August 14, 1940 was between 6.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
  • May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
  • June 10 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
  • June 22 » World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
  • November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
  • November 11 » World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.

Day of death January 7, 1994

• The temperature on January 7, 1994 was between 2.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • January 6 » American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that they were both taking part in.
  • March 21 » The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.
  • May 18 » Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.
  • September 3 » Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
  • October 1 » Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
  • November 20 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)
• 1992 » Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)
• 1995 » Murray Rothbard, American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)
• 1996 » Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1930)
• 1998 » Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)