Database Van Broekhoven » Martina Maria van Loon (1920-1995)

Day of marriage May 16, 1946

• The temperature on May 16, 1946 was between -0.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 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.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
  • April 1 » The 8.6 M_w  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
  • April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
  • May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
  • June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
  • August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.

Day of death January 23, 1995

• The temperature on January 23, 1995 was between 4.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The 6.9 M_w  Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
  • January 25 » The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
  • July 11 » Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July.
  • August 5 » Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
  • November 10 » In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
  • December 7 » The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Northrop Frye, Canadian author and critic (b. 1912)
• 1992 » Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1993 » Keith Laumer, American soldier, author, and diplomat (b. 1925)
• 1994 » Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)