Database Van Broekhoven » Petronella Catharina van Loon (1889-1980)

Day of marriage September 3, 1918

• The temperature on September 3, 1918 was between 8.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
  • August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
  • August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
  • October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
  • November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
  • November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.

Day of death October 15, 1980

• The temperature on October 15, 1980 was between -0.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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)
• 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 year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The Rubik's Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl's Court, London.
  • February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
  • April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
  • July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
  • October 30 » El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
  • November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1978 » W. Eugene Smith, American photojournalist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)