Henglias; the collected data of the Hengelo population » Franciscus Gerhardus Smithuis (1911-1987)

Day of marriage April 14, 1939

• The temperature on April 14, 1939 was between 9.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
  • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
  • April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
  • August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
  • September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
  • September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.

Day of death December 19, 1987

• The temperature on December 19, 1987 was between 7.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
  • June 19 » Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
  • August 7 » Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
  • September 2 » In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
  • September 16 » The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
  • October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)
• 1986 » Werner Dankwort, Russian-German colonel and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1987 » August Mälk, Estonian author, playwright, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1988 » Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Kirill Mazurov, Belarusian Soviet politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Stella Gibbons, English journalist, author, and poet (b. 1902)