Database Van Broekhoven » Hendricus van Bommel (1881-1973)

Day of marriage February 14, 1914

• The temperature on February 14, 1914 was between 7.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

Day of death December 28, 1973

• The temperature on December 28, 1973 was between 6.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 7 » In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, before being shot to death by police officers.
  • January 23 » United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
  • May 14 » Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
  • June 20 » Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
  • July 21 » In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
  • November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1968 » David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)