Database Van Broekhoven » Jacobus Adrianus Raaijmakers (1911-2002)

Day of marriage April 23, 1940

• The temperature on April 23, 1940 was between 10.1 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
  • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
  • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
  • September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
  • September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
  • December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

Day of death February 23, 2002

• The temperature on February 23, 2002 was between 1.0 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
  • February 2 » Wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
  • May 10 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4million in cash and diamonds.
  • June 13 » The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
  • October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.
  • December 27 » Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)
• 2000 » Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (b. 1915)
• 2003 » Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955)
• 2003 » Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2004 » Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)