Database Van Broekhoven » Adriana Antonia Schrauwen (1927-2004)

Day of marriage July 22, 1947

• The temperature on July 22, 1947 was between 15.8 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (82%). 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)
• 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 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

Day of death September 27, 2004

• The temperature on September 27, 2004 was between 13.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 21 » NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
  • March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
  • June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
  • June 28 » Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
  • August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
  • November 27 » Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Jean Lucas, French race car driver (b. 1927)
• 2004 » John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (b. 1910)