Database Van Broekhoven » Henrica Erven (1906-2003)

Day of marriage May 25, 1936

• The temperature on May 25, 1936 was between 4.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
  • August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
  • October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.

Day of death August 31, 2003

• The temperature on August 31, 2003 was between 8.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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, 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.
  • January 18 » A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
  • August 18 » One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
  • October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
  • October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
  • November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
  • December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Dolores Moore, American baseball player and educator (b. 1932)
• 2000 » Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 2002 » Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944)
• 2002 » George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)