Database Van Broekhoven » Johanna Adriana Vermeulen (1919-2010)

Day of marriage January 2, 1947

• The temperature on January 2, 1947 was between -0.1 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.

Day of death April 7, 2010

• The temperature on April 7, 2010 was between 8.0 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
  • January 14 » Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
  • May 15 » Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
  • August 19 » Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
  • September 7 » A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
  • December 22 » The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 2009 » Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947)
• 2011 » Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914)
• 2012 » Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984)