Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Anna Spieringhs (1892-1953)

Day of marriage July 6, 1916

• The temperature on July 6, 1916 was between 11.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
  • October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
  • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

Day of death November 2, 1953

• The temperature on November 2, 1953 was between 6.8 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
  • February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
  • May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
  • June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
  • November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
  • November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)