Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrikus van Hal (1884-1936)

Day of marriage May 14, 1918

• The temperature on May 14, 1918 was between 5.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (44%). 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
  • April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
  • October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
  • October 11 » The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
  • November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
  • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

Day of death June 24, 1936

• The temperature on June 24, 1936 was between 12.0 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
  • August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
  • September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
  • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)