Database Van Broekhoven » Gerardina Petronella Broekhoven (1935-2021)

Birthday May 28, 1935

• The temperature on May 28, 1935 was between 12.3 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
  • May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
  • September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
  • September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
  • December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
  • December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1936 » Ole K. Sara, Norwegian politician († 2013)