Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Petronella Dimphna Adriaansen (1911-2004)

Day of marriage November 9, 1937

• The temperature on November 9, 1937 was between 3.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
  • April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
  • May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
  • May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
  • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
  • September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.

Day of death January 12, 2004

• The temperature on January 12, 2004 was between 4.6 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The partly or heavily 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 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.
  • February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
  • February 28 » Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
  • March 8 » A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
  • September 23 » Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
  • October 2 » The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
  • November 9 » Firefox 1.0 is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (b. 1911)
• 2003 » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (b. 1912)
• 2003 » Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Maurice Gibb, Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949)
• 2004 » Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)