Database Van Broekhoven » Theodorus Antonius Derks (1908-2000)

Day of marriage May 27, 1946

• The temperature on May 27, 1946 was between 11.7 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
  • March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
  • August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
  • August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
  • September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
  • December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.

Day of death January 1, 2000

• The temperature on January 1, 2000 was between 3.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • January 14 » A United Nations tribunal sentences five Roman Catholic Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
  • April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  • June 7 » The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
  • July 25 » Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 people.
  • October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
  • October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1998 » Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905)
• 2000 » Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1907)
• 2001 » Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Joe Foss, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)