Database Schaap » Johanna Marie Wilhelmina "Annie" Meijers (1932-2012)

Day of marriage May 1, 1956

• The temperature on May 1, 1956 was between 3.6 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
  • July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
  • August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
  • September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
  • September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
  • October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.

Day of death June 13, 2012

• The temperature on June 13, 2012 was between 5.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
  • July 12 » Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
  • July 20 » James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
  • July 30 » A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300million people without power in northern India.
  • August 16 » South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
  • August 20 » A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.

Day of cremation June 16, 2012

• The temperature on June 16, 2012 was between 13.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • March 20 » At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.
  • June 16 » The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
  • August 10 » The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
  • September 18 » Greater Manchester Police officers PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone are murdered in a gun and grenade ambush attack in Greater Manchester, England.
  • September 28 » Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.
  • December 3 » At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)
• 2012 » Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and translator (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood (b. 1927)
• 2012 » Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author (b. 1913)
• 2012 » Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer (b. 1933)
• 2013 » David Deutsch, American businessman, founded Deutsch Inc. (b. 1929)