Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Francisca Schellekens (1910-2004)

Day of marriage June 13, 1932

• The temperature on June 13, 1932 was between 12.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
  • February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
  • August 10 » A 5.1 kilograms (11lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
  • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
  • September 17 » A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
  • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

Day of death August 22, 2004

• The temperature on August 22, 2004 was between 9.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (49%). 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 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
  • April 3 » Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
  • April 24 » The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
  • June 1 » Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of a parole, breaking a Guinness World Record.
  • September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
  • November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960)
• 2005 » Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)