Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelia Bernardina Brekelmans (1902-1983)

Day of marriage May 19, 1947

• The temperature on May 19, 1947 was between 7.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
  • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
  • 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 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
  • August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
  • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

Day of death December 31, 1983

• The temperature on December 31, 1983 was between 2.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
  • February 23 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
  • April 12 » Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
  • June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
  • July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
  • December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
• 1987 » Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)