Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmina Goossens (1912-1952)

Day of marriage May 6, 1938

• The temperature on May 6, 1938 was between 4.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
  • July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
  • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
  • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Day of death November 22, 1952

• The temperature on November 22, 1952 was between 0.4 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
  • April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
  • May 13 » The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
  • July 21 » The 7.3 M_w  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
  • September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
  • November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)
• 1946 » Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (b. 1889)
• 1948 » Fakhri Pasha, Turkish general and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Jess McMahon, American wrestling promoter, co-founded Capitol Wrestling Corporation (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)