Database Van Broekhoven » Henricus Johannes Hubertus van den Merkhof (1891-1944)

Day of marriage April 19, 1934

• The temperature on April 19, 1934 was between 5.1 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The 8.0 M_w  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
  • March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
  • July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
  • November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
  • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
  • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

Day of death October 26, 1944

• The temperature on October 26, 1944 was between 6.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
  • July 17 » World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
  • September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
  • September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
  • October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
  • November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1944 » Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 » William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)