Database Van Broekhoven » Petronella van Biljouw (1924-2003)

Day of marriage June 17, 1949

• The temperature on June 17, 1949 was between 8.0 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). 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)
• 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.
  • April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
  • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
  • August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
  • October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.

Day of death October 30, 2003

• The temperature on October 30, 2003 was between 4.7 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
  • April 13 » A bus near the Vale of Tempe, Greece was involved in a major vehicle accident with a truck and multiple cars, leaving 21 students in the tenth grade of Makrochori, Imathia High School dead and nine injured during their return to their homes from a trip to Athens.
  • June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
  • August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
  • September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
  • November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (b. 1965)
• 2002 » Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (b. 1940)
• 2004 » Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Al López, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)