Jan Borren » Willem van Elten (1938-1983)
Personal data Willem van Elten
- He was born on December 26, 1938.
- He died on October 20, 1983 in Ermelo, he was 44 years old.
- A child of Hendrik van Elten and Gijsbertje Knoppersen
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Historical events
Birthday December 26, 1938
- The temperature on December 26, 1938 was between -9.9 °C and -4.6 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
- June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
- July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
- July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
- September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
- November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
Day of death October 20, 1983
- The temperature on October 20, 1983 was between 3.0 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
- February 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
- June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- September 23 » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
- October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
- November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
- December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.
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Tijs van den Brink, "Jan Borren", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/jan-borren/I7567.php : accessed February 10, 2026), "Willem van Elten (1938-1983)".