Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Wilhelmina Adriana van Bavel (1923-2009)

Day of marriage August 22, 1950

• The temperature on August 22, 1950 was between 13.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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)
• 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
  • January 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted.
  • January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
  • July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
  • August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
  • October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.

Day of death January 1, 2009

• The temperature on January 1, 2009 was between -2.8 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • March 4 » The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
  • March 12 » Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
  • April 7 » Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
  • June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
  • September 28 » The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1400 people.
  • November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)
• 2007 » Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician (b. 1919)
• 2009 » Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)
• 2010 » Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)