Family tree Van Dijk » Petrus Joannes Baptist Nicolaas Zoontjens (1910-1993)

Day of marriage July 6, 1938

• The temperature on July 6, 1938 was between 9.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 27.1 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
  • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
  • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Day of death May 8, 1993

• The temperature on May 8, 1993 was between 9.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • February 8 » An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide in mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people on board both aircraft.
  • April 1 » Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is founded in Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • April 23 » Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
  • July 9 » The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.
  • July 25 » The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • December 2 » Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Jean Langlais, French pianist and composer (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Rudolf Serkin, Czech-Austrian pianist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1993 » Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
• 1994 » George Peppard, American actor and producer (b. 1928)
• 1995 » Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)