FutureHistory » Joannes Ludovicus van Ranst (1901-1984)

Day of marriage September 12, 1924

• The temperature on September 12, 1924 was between 12.4 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
  • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
  • April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
  • December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

Day of death December 25, 1984

• The temperature on December 25, 1984 was between 1.8 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
  • April 19 » Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
  • May 8 » The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.
  • August 1 » Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
  • September 5 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
  • December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
• 1980 » Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
• 1988 » Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1920)
• 1988 » Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)