Database Van Broekhoven » Johanna Maria Hendrina "Ans" Hooijmans (1919-2006)

Day of marriage April 3, 1947

• The temperature on April 3, 1947 was between 0.4 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
  • April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
  • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
  • October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
  • November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

Day of death June 16, 2006

• The temperature on June 16, 2006 was between 11.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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.
  • April 8 » Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.
  • June 5 » Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
  • June 26 » Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
  • July 11 » Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
  • August 22 » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
  • 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.

Day of burial June 22, 2006

• The temperature on June 22, 2006 was between 12.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • March 25 » Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
  • April 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
  • August 25 » Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
  • October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
  • December 4 » Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
  • December 30 » Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (b. 1916)
• 2003 » Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
• 2004 » Jacques Miquelon, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
• 2004 » Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (b. 1906)
• 2008 » Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian soldier and author (b. 1921)