Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Lambertus van Falier (1920-2000)

Day of marriage November 25, 1944

• The temperature on November 25, 1944 was between 3.5 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
  • April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
  • June 26 » World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
  • November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
  • November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
  • December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

Day of death April 4, 2000

• The temperature on April 4, 2000 was between 4.7 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
  • June 16 » The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
  • October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
  • November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
  • November 13 » Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
  • December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1999 » Early Wynn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Lucille Lortel, American actress, artistic director and producer (b. 1900)
• 2001 » Ed Roth, American illustrator and engineer (b. 1932)
• 2001 » Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Maury Van Vliet, American-Canadian academic (b. 1913)