Database Van Broekhoven » Henrica Antonia van Biljouw (1924-1971)

Day of marriage August 26, 1948

• The temperature on August 26, 1948 was between 13.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
  • April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
  • May 28 » Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
  • September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
  • September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
  • December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

Day of death March 14, 1971

• The temperature on March 14, 1971 was between 1.6 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
  • February 9 » Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
  • February 27 » Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
  • March 7 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.
  • July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
  • September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1976 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (b. 1895)