Database Van Broekhoven » Neeltje van Helden (1889-1968)

Day of marriage April 22, 1914

• The temperature on April 22, 1914 was between 7.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

Day of death January 26, 1968

• The temperature on January 26, 1968 was between 4.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
  • March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
  • July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
  • November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
  • November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
  • December 21 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Donald Sheldon, American bush pilot (b. 1921)
• 1976 » João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)