Database Van Broekhoven » Gerardus Waltherus van Strien (1912-1958)

Day of marriage April 27, 1943

• The temperature on April 27, 1943 was between 7.3 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
  • March 6 » Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
  • March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  • July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
  • August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
  • September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.

Day of death May 29, 1958

• The temperature on May 29, 1958 was between 4.9 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
  • April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
  • May 27 » First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
  • July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
  • October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
  • October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Netta Muskett, English author (b. 1887)