Database Van Broekhoven » Petronella Antonia van den Broek (1904-1945)

Day of marriage August 18, 1930

• The temperature on August 18, 1930 was between 9.8 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
  • March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
  • April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
  • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
  • September 17 » The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
  • November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

Day of death November 24, 1945

• The temperature on November 24, 1945 was between -1.2 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 3 » World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
  • March 6 » World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
  • March 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
  • April 22 » World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.
  • May 8 » Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
  • August 16 » The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)