Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelia Albertha Maria Dekkers (1923-2010)

Day of marriage October 14, 1947

• The temperature on October 14, 1947 was between 7.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
  • July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
  • July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
  • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
  • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

Day of death August 5, 2010

• The temperature on August 5, 2010 was between 9.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 12 » An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
  • February 8 » A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.
  • April 20 » The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
  • May 28 » In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
  • October 13 » The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
  • November 19 » The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)
• 2009 » Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914)
• 2011 » Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)
• 2011 » Aziz Shavershian, Russian-born Australian Bodybuilder and internet sensation (b. 1989)
• 2012 » Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)