Database Van Broekhoven » Anna Norberta Postelmans (1895-1973)

Day of marriage November 26, 1919

• The temperature on November 26, 1919 was between 0.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
  • March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
  • April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
  • May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
  • June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
  • September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.

Day of death October 23, 1973

• The temperature on October 23, 1973 was between 4.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
  • April 28 » The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
  • May 25 » In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
  • July 28 » Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
  • November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
  • December 18 » Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
• 1978 » Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 1984 » Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)