Database Van Broekhoven » Antonia Adriana van Dijk (1908-1992)

Day of marriage May 10, 1946

• The temperature on May 10, 1946 was between 3.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
  • 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
  • May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
  • May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
  • September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
  • December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

Day of death May 5, 1992

• The temperature on May 5, 1992 was between 2.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • February 29 » First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
  • April 5 » Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
  • April 8 » Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
  • May 23 » Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
  • September 16 » Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
  • October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 » Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906)
• 1995 » Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)