Family tree de Crom » Petrus Adrianus Herijgers (1920-1985)

Day of marriage April 20, 1944

• The temperature on April 20, 1944 was between 4.9 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (29%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 4 » World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
  • April 10 » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
  • April 14 » Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20million pounds.
  • June 4 » World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
  • June 22 » World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
  • July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.

Day of death February 11, 1985

• The temperature on February 11, 1985 was between -9.1 °C and -3.2 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
  • March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
  • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
  • October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1978 » James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1982 » Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
• 1985 » Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1989 » George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1912)