Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Petronella van Laerhoven (1912-1987)

Day of marriage October 15, 1940

• The temperature on October 15, 1940 was between 5.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
  • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
  • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
  • June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
  • July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
  • November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

Day of death February 17, 1987

• The temperature on February 17, 1987 was between -2.5 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
  • March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
  • May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
  • June 29 » Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4million at an auction in London, England.
  • August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  • August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895)
• 1988 » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Karpoori Thakur, Indian educator and politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Jean-Marc Boivin, French mountaineer, skier, and pilot (b. 1951)