Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Wilhelmina van Meer (1915-2012)

Day of marriage May 2, 1941

• The temperature on May 2, 1941 was between 0.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • May 5 » Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
  • May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
  • July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
  • September 4 » World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USSGreer.
  • October 11 » Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
  • December 6 » World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.

Day of death May 7, 2012

• The temperature on May 7, 2012 was between 2.0 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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, 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.
  • January 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
  • May 9 » A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people.
  • August 6 » NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
  • August 11 » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
  • November 22 » Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
  • November 24 » A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2011 » Big George, English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957)
• 2011 » Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (b. 1957)
• 2011 » Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (b. 1942)
• 2012 » Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943)
• 2012 » Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931)