Database Van Broekhoven » Margaretha Antonia Habraken (1868-1945)

Day of marriage November 4, 1896

• The temperature on November 4, 1896 was about 5.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
  • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
  • June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
  • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
  • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
  • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

Day of death April 21, 1945

• The temperature on April 21, 1945 was between 6.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. 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 13 » World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
  • February 21 » World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front.
  • February 23 » World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
  • April 20 » World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
  • April 29 » World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.
  • August 15 » Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)