Database Van Broekhoven » Petronella van den Bersselaar (1902-1991)

Day of marriage May 24, 1928

• The temperature on May 24, 1928 was between 1.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Day of death November 2, 1991

• The temperature on November 2, 1991 was between 11.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  • February 18 » The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
  • February 28 » The first Gulf War ends.
  • May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
  • August 20 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • November 20 » An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Eliot Porter, American photographer, chemist, and academic (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
• 1992 » Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (b. 1930)
• 1994 » Martin Taras, American animator and director (b. 1914)