Database Van Broekhoven » Pieter Eekels (1921-2003)

Day of marriage August 16, 1941

• The temperature on August 16, 1941 was between 10.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • January 5 » 37-year-old pilot Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.
  • January 9 » World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
  • March 17 » In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • August 24 » Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
  • December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
  • December 11 » World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.

Day of death September 4, 2003

• The temperature on September 4, 2003 was between 5.9 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
  • 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.
  • 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 14 » In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
  • September 20 » Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
  • December 9 » A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (b. 1904)
• 2003 » Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (b. 1921)
• 2003 » Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
• 2004 » Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1942)