Database Van Broekhoven » Elisabeth van den Heuvel (1923-2005)

Day of marriage November 22, 1943

• The temperature on November 22, 1943 was between -3.8 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 20 » American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
  • April 18 » World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
  • July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
  • August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
  • September 8 » World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) is attacked in an air raid on Frascati.
  • November 26 » World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.

Day of death June 18, 2005

• The temperature on June 18, 2005 was between 14.5 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • June 21 » Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
  • July 2 » The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
  • July 29 » Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
  • October 12 » The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
  • October 22 » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
  • October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Larry Doby, American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Manuel Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Joseph Zobel, Martinique-French author (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 2007 » Bernard Manning, English comedian and actor (b. 1930)