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Personal data Gertrude Broeks 


Household of Gertrude Broeks

She is married to Wilhelmus Maria van der Kragt.

They got married on September 3, 1937 at Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland, she was 21 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday February 14, 1916

  • The temperature on February 14, 1916 was between 3.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
    • June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
    • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
    • August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
    • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
    • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.

Day of death June 16, 1955

  • The temperature on June 16, 1955 was between 5.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
    • April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
    • September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
    • September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
    • December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
    • December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.


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