Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Willem Johannes de Leeuw (1892-1980)

Day of marriage April 9, 1931

• The temperature on April 9, 1931 was between 2.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
  • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
  • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
  • December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

Day of death March 24, 1980

• The temperature on March 24, 1980 was between -2.3 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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)
• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • April 9 » The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
  • May 8 » The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
  • July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
  • August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
  • October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
  • November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (b. 1887)
• 1978 » Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (b. 1916)
• 1980 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver (b. 1910)
• 1988 » Turhan Feyzioğlu, Turkish academic and politician, 27th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1922)