Database Van Broekhoven » Anna Maria Breekelmans (1898-1971)

Day of marriage May 8, 1924

• The temperature on May 8, 1924 was between 4.5 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (60%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
  • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
  • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
  • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.

Day of death February 24, 1971

• The temperature on February 24, 1971 was between -0.1 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • March 25 » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
  • April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
  • August 10 » The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
  • November 10 » In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
  • November 22 » In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
  • December 6 » Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)