Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmina Helena van Kuijk (1895-1991)

Day of marriage February 2, 1932

• The temperature on February 2, 1932 was between 4.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
  • May 4 » In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
  • May 12 » Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
  • May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
  • July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
  • July 28 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.

Day of death December 23, 1991

• The temperature on December 23, 1991 was between 6.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
  • August 9 » The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.
  • August 19 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
  • August 29 » Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
  • October 7 » Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • October 8 » Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1992 » Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (b. 1934)
• 1994 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1995 » Patric Knowles, English actor (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)