Database Van Broekhoven » Dorothea Gerarda Maria van Bakel (1923-2004)

Day of marriage May 15, 1942

• The temperature on May 15, 1942 was between 6.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
  • January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
  • February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
  • March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
  • October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
  • November 27 » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

Day of death September 2, 2004

• The temperature on September 2, 2004 was between 8.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 14 » In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
  • March 11 » Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 192 people.
  • March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
  • May 28 » The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
  • November 6 » An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
  • December 5 » The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Joan Oró, Catalan biochemist and academic (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
• 2006 » Bob Mathias, American decathlete and politician (b. 1930)
• 2006 » Dewey Redman, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)