Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Adrianus Maria Boset (1917-2013)

Day of marriage August 10, 1945

• The temperature on August 10, 1945 was between 15.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 17.2 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 9 » World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
  • March 26 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
  • April 23 » World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous.
  • May 1 » World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
  • October 12 » World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
  • November 27 » CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.

Day of death March 21, 2013

• The temperature on March 21, 2013 was between -2.6 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
  • March 22 » At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
  • April 3 » More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • April 24 » A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.
  • June 23 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
  • July 13 » Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160million in East China and Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Albrecht Dietz, German economist and businessman (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Giancarlo Zagni, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Harlon Hill, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
• 2013 » Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter and politician (b. 1952)
• 2013 » Rick Hautala, American author and screenwriter (b. 1949)