Nostra Priores » Hermanus Boerboom (1906-1986)

Day of marriage June 15, 1938

• The temperature on June 15, 1938 was between 8.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
  • September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
  • September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
  • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Day of death May 17, 1986

• The temperature on May 17, 1986 was between 4.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
  • March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
  • June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
  • September 28 » The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
  • October 21 » In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
  • November 5 » USSRentz, USSReeves and USSOldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Abe Burrows, American director, composer, and author (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912)