TEST BOUTREUX » Prosper REPUSSARD (1899-1977)

Day of marriage September 27, 1939

• The temperature on September 27, 1939 was between 3.0 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
  • May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
  • June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
  • September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
  • September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
  • November 17 » Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.

Day of death January 25, 1977

• The temperature on January 25, 1977 was between 5.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
  • June 27 » France grants independence to Djibouti.
  • July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
  • July 21 » The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
  • July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
  • August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1978 » Skender Kulenović, Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)
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