Database Van Broekhoven » Johanna Cornelia Maria Kwaaitaal (1892-1981)

Day of marriage August 9, 1917

• The temperature on August 9, 1917 was between 14.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (66%). 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.

Day of death September 11, 1981

• The temperature on September 11, 1981 was between 11.2 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
  • September 15 » The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
  • October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
  • October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
  • October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
  • December 18 » First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1978 » Janet Parker, English photographer (b. 1938)
• 1978 » Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944)
• 1982 » Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (b. 1914)
• 1984 » Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)