Database Van Broekhoven » Dorothea Maria de Laat (1924-2012)

Day of marriage August 3, 1948

• The temperature on August 3, 1948 was between 14.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 2.6 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 September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • January 30 » British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
  • April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
  • July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
  • August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
  • November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
  • December 11 » Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.

Day of death January 9, 2012

• The temperature on January 9, 2012 was between 6.5 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • April 16 » The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
  • May 21 » A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.
  • August 16 » South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
  • September 27 » In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.
  • November 14 » Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
  • November 30 » An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.

Source: Wikipedia

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