Database Van Broekhoven » Petronella Cornelia van Buul (1920-2003)

Day of marriage August 23, 1944

• The temperature on August 23, 1944 was between 18.3 °C and 32.8 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 14 » World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
  • February 17 » World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins: The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
  • April 16 » World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
  • September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
  • October 21 » World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
  • October 27 » World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.

Day of death April 26, 2003

• The temperature on April 26, 2003 was between 7.4 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • March 24 » The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
  • April 14 » U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MSAchille Lauro in 1985.
  • May 16 » In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
  • June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
  • September 6 » Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
  • October 9 » Mission: Space opens to the public in Walt Disney World.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Edward Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1904)
• 2003 » Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (b. 1984)
• 2004 » Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2005 » Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)