Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Johanna Petronella de Gouw (1906-2006)

Day of marriage March 2, 1935

• The temperature on March 2, 1935 was between -0.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • May 25 » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
  • June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
  • September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
  • December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.

Day of death October 3, 2006

• The temperature on October 3, 2006 was between 12.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
  • November 11 » Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
  • November 19 » Nintendo's first video game console with motion control, the Wii, is released.
  • November 23 » A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
  • December 11 » The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
  • December 30 » Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
• 2006 » John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)