Database Van Broekhoven » Gerarda Wilhelmina Schuiling (1924-2014)

Day of marriage January 8, 1947

• The temperature on January 8, 1947 was between -11.3 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
  • 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.
  • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

Day of death February 9, 2014

• The temperature on February 9, 2014 was between 4.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
  • April 15 » In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians were gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
  • May 5 » Twenty-two people die after two boats carrying refugees collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.
  • July 17 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
  • September 16 » The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
  • October 14 » A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931)
• 2013 » Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)
• 2013 » Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2014 » Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)
• 2014 » Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2014 » Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920)