Database Van Broekhoven » Henrica Maria Verheijden (1917-2005)

Day of marriage November 2, 1940

• The temperature on November 2, 1940 was between 6.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
  • May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
  • September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
  • October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
  • November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

Day of death May 1, 2005

• The temperature on May 1, 2005 was between 9.7 °C and 28.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • January 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
  • July 27 » After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
  • August 17 » Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
  • August 18 » A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
  • September 16 » The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
  • September 26 » The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908)
• 2003 » Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (b. 1960)
• 2003 » Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)
• 2008 » Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (b. 1917)