Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Johannes Josephus Gerrits (1921-2010)

Day of marriage June 10, 1948

• The temperature on June 10, 1948 was between 10.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (71%). 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 September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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)
• 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.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
  • January 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
  • April 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
  • April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
  • June 18 » Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
  • July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.

Day of death September 25, 2010

• The temperature on September 25, 2010 was between 7.8 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.
  • January 14 » Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
  • April 6 » Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
  • May 19 » The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
  • July 23 » English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.
  • August 5 » The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300ft (700m) below the ground for 69 days.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (b. 1932)
• 2009 » Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 2011 » Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
• 2012 » Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2012 » John Bond, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)