Database Van Broekhoven » Joanna Maria Catharina van Gool (1916-2001)

Day of marriage September 27, 1943

• The temperature on September 27, 1943 was between 2.5 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • March 15 » World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov: The Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
  • July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
  • September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
  • September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
  • November 23 » World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Day of death July 21, 2001

• The temperature on July 21, 2001 was between 8.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • July 4 » Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
  • July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
  • August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
  • September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
  • September 17 » The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
  • December 19 » A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 2000 » Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)
• 2002 » Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 2003 » John Davies, English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)
• 2004 » Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1929)