Family tree Jacobs » Gerrit Abraham Broekman (1906-1940)
Personal data Gerrit Abraham Broekman
- He was born on May 25, 1906 in Culemborg.
- Profession: Spekslager.
- He died on May 12, 1940 in Rhenen, he was 33 years old.
Tijdstip: 16:00
- Death registration on November 1, 1940.
Gijsbertus Jan Hendrik Smit witnessed this.
- A child of Jan Broekman and Neeltje de Bruin
- This information was last updated on October 13, 2015.
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Birthday May 25, 1906
- The temperature on May 25, 1906 was between 6.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
- April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
- May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
- September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
- September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
- December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
Day of death May 12, 1940
- The temperature on May 12, 1940 was between 2.4 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
- February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
- May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
- May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
- August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
- October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
- November 11 » World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.
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