Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Antonius Hobbelen (1916-2004)

Day of marriage April 29, 1947

• The temperature on April 29, 1947 was between 7.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
  • August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
  • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Day of death March 5, 2004

• The temperature on March 5, 2004 was between 1.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 14 » The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
  • March 19 » March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China(Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian was shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
  • March 31 » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
  • August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
  • August 24 » 90 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
  • December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Lolo Ferrari, French dancer, actress and singer (b. 1963)
• 2005 » David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2010 » Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)