Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Hendrik van Dieren (1917-1987)

Day of marriage April 25, 1940

• The temperature on April 25, 1940 was between 9.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 16.9 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
  • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
  • May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
  • June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
  • November 27 » In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.

Day of death December 3, 1987

• The temperature on December 3, 1987 was between -0.8 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
  • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
  • May 28 » A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
  • July 31 » A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
  • August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  • December 8 » An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.

Day of burial December 8, 1987

• The temperature on December 8, 1987 was between -7.7 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
  • March 19 » Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
  • May 1 » Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
  • June 19 » Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
  • November 29 » North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
• 1993 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (b. 1913)