Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Francisca Walthera Bertens (1907-1992)

Day of marriage November 4, 1941

• The temperature on November 4, 1941 was between -4.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
  • March 29 » The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
  • July 20 » Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
  • November 1 » American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
  • December 12 » Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
  • December 14 » World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.

Day of death February 2, 1992

• The temperature on February 2, 1992 was between -2.2 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • May 5 » Armand Césari Stadium disaster in Bastia (Corsica): Eighteen people are killed and 2,300 are injured when one of the terraces collapses before a football match between SC Bastia and Olympique de Marseille.
  • May 7 » Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
  • May 21 » After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show.
  • July 23 » A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
  • October 12 » A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
  • November 21 » A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951)
• 1990 » Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
• 1990 » Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (b. 1914)
• 1993 » François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1994 » Marija Gimbutas, Lithuanian-American archeologist (b. 1921)