Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelia Johanna Maria de Bont (1926-2014)

Day of marriage November 14, 1949

• The temperature on November 14, 1949 was between 2.4 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
  • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
  • July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
  • August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.

Day of death August 22, 2014

• The temperature on August 22, 2014 was between 10.6 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • June 23 » The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.
  • July 15 » A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
  • September 24 » The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
  • October 30 » Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
  • November 12 » The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
  • December 28 » Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2014 » Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
• 2014 » John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2014 » John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Noella Leduc, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2014 » Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (b. 1928)
• 2014 » U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)