Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Johanna Elizabeth Antonia Melis (1930-2002)

Day of marriage April 22, 1949

• The temperature on April 22, 1949 was between 5.8 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
  • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
  • September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
  • October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.

Day of death July 10, 2002

• The temperature on July 10, 2002 was between 10.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
  • May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
  • May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
  • October 16 » The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria.
  • November 10 » Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.
  • November 19 » The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Evangelos Florakis, Greek general (b. 1943)
• 2002 » Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
• 2002 » Laurence Janifer, American author (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1902)
• 2003 » Winston Graham, English author (b. 1908)