Database Van Broekhoven » Maria van der Heijden (1934-2004)

Day of marriage May 20, 1958

• The temperature on May 20, 1958 was between 9.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
  • March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
  • July 29 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
  • October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
  • December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
  • December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)

Day of death October 3, 2004

• The temperature on October 3, 2004 was between 10.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 27 » A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
  • May 1 » Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
  • June 11 » Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
  • August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
  • October 2 » The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
  • November 21 » Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2003 » William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2004 » John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
• 2005 » Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)