Stambomen Quist » Johannes Cornelis Arie van der Vliet (1918-1988)

Day of marriage August 30, 1940

• The temperature on August 30, 1940 was between 6.2 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (45%). 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 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 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
  • June 3 » Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
  • June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
  • June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
  • October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
  • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

Day of death September 15, 1988

• The temperature on September 15, 1988 was between 10.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
  • March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
  • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
  • May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
  • October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

Source: Wikipedia

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