Database Van Broekhoven » Geertruida Petronella Luiten (1892-1944)

Day of marriage April 6, 1921

• The temperature on April 6, 1921 was between 6.0 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
  • June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
  • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
  • July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
  • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

Day of death July 15, 1944

• The temperature on July 15, 1944 was between 12.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
  • July 9 » World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
  • September 17 » World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
  • September 18 » World War II:Battle of Arracourt begins
  • October 20 » World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
  • December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b.1918)
• 1942 » Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
• 1944 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Razor Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893)