Database Van Broekhoven » Adriana Andrea van der Heijden (1910-2006)

Day of marriage April 26, 1937

• The temperature on April 26, 1937 was between 1.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
  • April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
  • May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
  • July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
  • July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
  • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.

Day of death December 19, 2006

• The temperature on December 19, 2006 was between -2.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 13 » São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.
  • June 26 » Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
  • October 22 » A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum.
  • November 8 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.
  • November 10 » The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
  • December 30 » Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1927)
• 2008 » Carol Chomsky, American linguist and educator (b. 1930)
• 2008 » James Bevel, American minister and activist (b. 1936)
• 2008 » Michael Connell, American political consultant (b. 1963)