Database Van Broekhoven » Catharina Maria Coleta van Gils (1924-2008)

Day of marriage June 1, 1954

• The temperature on June 1, 1954 was between 11.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
  • July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
  • September 9 » The 6.7 M_w  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
  • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
  • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
  • December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

Day of death December 27, 2008

• The temperature on December 27, 2008 was between -4.4 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • April 3 » ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
  • May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
  • June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
  • August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
  • September 7 » The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2007 » Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2008 » Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939)
• 2008 » Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)
• 2009 » Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (b. 1923)