Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Johannes Wilhelmus van Iersel (1914-1996)

Day of marriage May 22, 1945

• The temperature on May 22, 1945 was between 8.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • April 13 » World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
  • May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
  • May 6 » World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
  • August 14 » The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
  • September 5 » Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
  • October 30 » Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.

Day of death February 5, 1996

• The temperature on February 5, 1996 was between -4.1 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • February 17 » In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
  • February 29 » Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew die.
  • April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
  • September 4 » War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
  • October 7 » Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
  • November 25 » An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1922)
• 1995 » Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
• 1997 » Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920)
• 1997 » René Huyghe, French historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Tim Kelly, American guitarist (b. 1963)