Database Van Broekhoven » Anna Cornelia Maria Coolen (1913-1992)

Day of marriage March 27, 1940

• The temperature on March 27, 1940 was between 1.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
  • May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
  • June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
  • June 21 » World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
  • June 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.

Day of death January 18, 1992

• The temperature on January 18, 1992 was between 4.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • April 9 » A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
  • April 12 » The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
  • May 7 » Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
  • May 24 » The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
  • July 10 » In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
  • December 3 » A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940)
• 1990 » Melanie Appleby, English singer (b. 1966)
• 1990 » Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)
• 1993 » Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905)
• 1995 » Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)