Database Van Broekhoven » Adriana Maria Smits (1920-1991)

Day of marriage August 9, 1945

• The temperature on August 9, 1945 was between 13.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 28.2 mm of rain during 13.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 30 » World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
  • March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
  • April 14 » Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroyed the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
  • April 27 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
  • April 27 » World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.
  • July 26 » The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.

Day of death February 14, 1991

• The temperature on February 14, 1991 was between -11.1 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • March 16 » The airplane carrying eight members of Reba McEntire's touring band crashed on the side of Otay Mountain.
  • March 31 » Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
  • May 15 » Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
  • August 31 » Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
  • October 29 » The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Frederick Loewe, German-American composer (b. 1901)
• 1989 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900)
• 1989 » Vincent Crane, English pianist (b. 1943)
• 1994 » Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer (b. 1936)
• 1994 » Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (b. 1932)