Database Van Broekhoven » Henricus Johannes Cornelis de Bekker (1914-1997)

Day of marriage August 27, 1946

• The temperature on August 27, 1946 was between 8.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
  • February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
  • March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
  • July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
  • September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
  • November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

Day of death November 16, 1997

• The temperature on November 16, 1997 was between 8.3 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • May 19 » The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
  • June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
  • August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
  • September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
  • October 10 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
  • December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-born French clown (b. 1915)
• 1993 » Lucia Popp, Slovak-German soprano (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)
• 2000 » Ahmet Kaya, Turkish-French singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 2000 » Robert Earl Davis, American hip-hop artist (b. 1971)