Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmina Margaretha Maria de Pater (1911-2006)

Day of marriage June 3, 1931

• The temperature on June 3, 1931 was between 7.6 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
  • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
  • August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
  • September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
  • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

Day of death March 15, 2006

• The temperature on March 15, 2006 was between -1.8 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • May 18 » The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
  • August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
  • August 25 » Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
  • September 19 » The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
  • December 4 » Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
  • December 11 » The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Bob Bellear, Australian engineer and judge (b. 1944)
• 2005 » Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Charles Harrelson, American murderer (b. 1938)