Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrica Theresia Verhees (1926-2013)

Day of marriage May 21, 1949

• The temperature on May 21, 1949 was between 5.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
  • January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
  • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
  • March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
  • May 4 » The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.
  • June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.

Day of death March 9, 2013

• The temperature on March 9, 2013 was between 1.0 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 24.0 mm of rain during 24.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • January 25 » At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
  • April 19 » Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.
  • May 31 » A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities and over 150 injuries.
  • September 29 » Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
  • November 13 » Hawaii legalizes same sex marriage.
  • November 19 » A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2010 » Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (b. 1910)
• 2010 » Willie Davis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1940)
• 2011 » David S. Broder, American journalist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2013 » Max Jakobson, Finnish journalist and diplomat
• 2013 » Merton Simpson, American painter and art collector (b. 1928)
• 2015 » James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1920)