Database Van Broekhoven » Leonarda Dijmphna Maria Klijn (1906-1995)

Day of marriage October 25, 1945

• The temperature on October 25, 1945 was between 7.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
  • April 7 » World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
  • July 28 » A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
  • July 31 » Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
  • August 9 » The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
  • September 12 » The People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed, bringing an end to Japanese rule over Korea.

Day of death November 3, 1995

• The temperature on November 3, 1995 was between 1.3 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.
  • January 17 » The 6.9 M_w  Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
  • January 19 » After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
  • February 3 » Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  • July 18 » On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.
  • November 22 » Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

Day of burial November 7, 1995

• The temperature on November 7, 1995 was between 2.2 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • May 2 » During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
  • June 8 » Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
  • August 21 » Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
  • September 22 » The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
  • October 16 » The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
  • December 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Chris Bender, American singer (b. 1972)
• 1993 » Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (b. 1895)
• 1994 » Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1995 » Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician (b. 1887)
• 1996 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (b. 1915)