Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrikus Petrus van Son (1927-2008)

Day of marriage February 28, 1956

• The average temperature on February 28, 1956 was 1.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
  • February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
  • August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
  • September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
  • October 19 » The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
  • November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.

Day of death April 5, 2008

• The temperature on April 5, 2008 was between 2.2 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
  • May 12 » U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
  • May 25 » NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
  • August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
  • September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
  • November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (b. 1908)
• 2007 » Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Mark St. John, American guitarist (b. 1956)
• 2007 » Thomas Stoltz Harvey, American pathologist (b. 1912)
• 2007 » Werner Maser, German historian and journalist (b. 1922)
• 2008 » Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923)