Database Van Broekhoven » Theodora van der Lee (1914-2000)

Day of marriage October 31, 1936

• The temperature on October 31, 1936 was between 7.3 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
  • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
  • October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
  • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
  • November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.

Day of death November 5, 2000

• The temperature on November 5, 2000 was between 3.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
  • June 16 » The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
  • June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
  • July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
  • August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
  • November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1999 » James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2000 » Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
• 2000 » Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1899)
• 2001 » Milton William Cooper, American radio host, author, and activist (b. 1943)
• 2001 » Roy Boulting, English director and producer (b. 1913)