Database Van Broekhoven » Theodora Parijs (1914-1997)

Day of marriage August 7, 1945

• The temperature on August 7, 1945 was between 7.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (66%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 23 » World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
  • April 4 » World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
  • April 12 » World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reached Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.
  • April 20 » World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
  • December 4 » By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
  • December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

Day of death August 21, 1997

• The temperature on August 21, 1997 was between 14.6 °C and 28.5 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • February 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
  • March 26 » Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
  • May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
  • June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
  • July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
  • July 10 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.

Source: Wikipedia

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