Database Van Broekhoven » Helena Maria Lucia van Sprundel (1918-1992)

Day of marriage July 5, 1943

• The temperature on July 5, 1943 was between 9.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
  • May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
  • May 16 » The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
  • August 17 » World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
  • August 17 » World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
  • October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

Day of death April 18, 1992

• The temperature on April 18, 1992 was between 7.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • February 4 » A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
  • April 27 » The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
  • June 3 » Aboriginal land rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.
  • June 8 » The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • September 11 » Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
  • December 3 » A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (b. 1939)
• 1995 » Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Bernard Edwards, American bass player and producer (b. 1952)
• 1996 » Brook Berringer, American football player (b. 1973)
• 1997 » Edward Barker, English cartoonist (b. 1950)