Database Van Broekhoven » Catharina Josepha Maria de Jong (1923-2014)

Day of marriage December 30, 1947

• The temperature on December 30, 1947 was between -4.2 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 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 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
  • July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
  • July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
  • October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Day of death June 25, 2014

• The temperature on June 25, 2014 was between 10.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 8 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
  • April 14 » Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.
  • August 3 » A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
  • August 9 » Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
  • September 18 » Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
  • September 27 » The eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931)
• 2013 » George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
• 2013 » Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916)
• 2014 » Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941)
• 2014 » Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)