Database Van Broekhoven » Hermanus Alphonsus Henricus Meijers (1874-1940)

Day of marriage March 5, 1902

• The temperature on March 5, 1902 was between -1.1 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
  • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

Day of death March 2, 1940

• The temperature on March 2, 1940 was between -4.0 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
  • May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
  • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
  • June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
  • November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
  • November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)