Family tree Van Dijk » Johannes Baptist Cornelius Maria Deliën (1912-1980)

Day of marriage August 29, 1944

• The temperature on August 29, 1944 was between 12.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
  • April 14 » Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20million pounds.
  • June 26 » World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
  • September 3 » Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
  • September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
  • December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

Day of death April 20, 1980

• The temperature on April 20, 1980 was between 0.9 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
  • March 18 » A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
  • May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
  • October 10 » The 7.1 M_w  El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
  • November 4 » Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
  • November 20 » Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.

Day of burial April 24, 1980

• The temperature on April 24, 1980 was between 4.6 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
  • February 28 » Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
  • March 21 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
  • March 24 » El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
  • March 31 » The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
  • June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian Ustaše official and concentration camp administrator (b. 1914)
• 1980 » M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)
• 1982 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892)
• 1986 » Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Don Siegel, American director and producer (b. 1912)
• 1991 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)