Database Van Broekhoven » Antonius Cornelis van de Sande (1919-2005)

Day of marriage June 20, 1945

• The temperature on June 20, 1945 was between 14.8 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 15.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 14 » World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
  • March 15 » World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
  • April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
  • April 14 » Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroyed the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
  • May 5 » World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
  • July 26 » World War II: The USSIndianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.

Day of death November 30, 2005

• The temperature on November 30, 2005 was between 0.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 9 » Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.
  • August 29 » Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125billion in damage.
  • October 8 » The 7.6 M_w  Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
  • October 21 » Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
  • November 9 » Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
  • November 9 » The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Seungsahn, South Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)