Database Van Broekhoven » Helena Wilhelmina van Herwijnen (1892-1959)

Day of marriage July 30, 1913

• The temperature on July 30, 1913 was between 11.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
  • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.

Day of death December 25, 1959

• The temperature on December 25, 1959 was between 3.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
  • May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
  • June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
  • June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
  • July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
  • August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)
• 1956 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863)
• 1961 » Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)