Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Gelinus Bergenhenegouwen (1916-2005)

Day of marriage October 23, 1942

• The temperature on October 23, 1942 was between 12.4 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
  • July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
  • July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
  • August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
  • September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
  • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.

Day of death February 3, 2005

• The temperature on February 3, 2005 was between 5.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
  • February 14 » Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.
  • March 16 » Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
  • April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
  • September 16 » The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
  • October 15 » A planned neo-Nazi protest against African-American street gangs sets off a riot in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people are arrested.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (b. 1904)
• 2005 » Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
• 2006 » Al Lewis, American actor and activist (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Frances Reid, American actress (b. 1914)