Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelia Maria Francisca Staps (1923-2003)

Day of marriage May 17, 1947

• The temperature on May 17, 1947 was between 10.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
  • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.

Day of death September 9, 2003

• The temperature on September 9, 2003 was between 8.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • February 19 » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
  • October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
  • December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Julian Critchley, English lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2001 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (b. 1953)
• 2003 » Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1916)
• 2003 » Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Caitlin Clarke, American actress (b. 1952)
• 2004 » Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (b. 1930)