Database Van Broekhoven » Petronella Maria Bouwens (1914-2005)

Day of marriage May 12, 1937

• The temperature on May 12, 1937 was between 9.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
  • May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
  • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
  • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
  • November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
  • December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

Day of death June 13, 2005

• The temperature on June 13, 2005 was between 7.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded 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 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 1 » King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
  • February 8 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.
  • May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
  • July 4 » The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
  • August 31 » The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
  • December 11 » Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Ralph Wiley, American journalist and author (b. 1952)
• 2005 » Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (b. 1913)
• 2005 » David Diamond, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Charles Haughey, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Walid Eido, Lebanese judge and politician (b. 1942)