Database Van Broekhoven » Elisabeth Maria Schoenmakers (1917-2009)

Day of marriage February 25, 1947

• The temperature on February 25, 1947 was between -12.4 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -5.5 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
  • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
  • August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
  • December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

Day of death April 10, 2009

• The temperature on April 10, 2009 was between 11.4 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
  • January 29 » The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
  • February 7 » Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
  • February 20 » Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
  • April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
  • August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2007 » Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Deborah Digges, American poet and educator (b. 1950)
• 2010 » Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1939)
• 2010 » Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included:
• 2012 » Raymond Aubrac, French engineer and activist (b. 1914)