Family tree Van Dijk » Henricus Antonius Cornelis Broers (1895-1978)

Day of marriage June 12, 1928

• The temperature on June 12, 1928 was between 6.3 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
  • June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
  • November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

Day of death January 8, 1978

• The temperature on January 8, 1978 was between -3.3 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
• 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
  • March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
  • June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
  • June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
  • November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
  • December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1979 » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter and harp player (b. 1898)
• 1980 » John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1981 » Matthew Beard, American actor (b. 1925)