Database Van Broekhoven » Adriana Josephina Kras (1913-1987)

Day of marriage September 17, 1945

• The temperature on September 17, 1945 was between 14.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 26 » World War II: The Red Army begins encircling the German Fourth Army near Heiligenbeil in East Prussia, which will end in destruction of the 4th Army two months later.
  • March 22 » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
  • March 30 » World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
  • June 28 » Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
  • July 17 » World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
  • December 4 » By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)

Day of death August 3, 1987

• The temperature on August 3, 1987 was between 8.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
  • January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
  • May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
  • August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  • August 31 » Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
  • October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1995 » Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (b. 1933)
• 1995 » Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (b. 1918)
• 1996 » Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (b. 1939)