Het Grote Driessen Boek » Adrinus Martines Driessen (1932-1985)

Day of marriage September 11, 1957

• The temperature on September 11, 1957 was between 12.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 31.2 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
  • May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
  • October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
  • November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
  • November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
  • November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.

Day of death August 6, 1985

• The temperature on August 6, 1985 was between 10.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 7 » Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
  • August 27 » The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
  • September 1 » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMSTitanic.
  • September 4 » The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
  • September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
  • November 15 » A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.

Day of burial August 9, 1985

• The temperature on August 9, 1985 was between 14.3 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
  • May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
  • August 7 » Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
  • October 7 » The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
  • November 15 » The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
  • December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1983 » Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
• 1985 » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
• 1986 » Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)