Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrika Maria van Loon (1906-1992)

Day of marriage August 22, 1961

• The temperature on August 22, 1961 was between 13.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • May 4 » Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67km).
  • May 24 » American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
  • October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
  • November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.
  • December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
  • December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.

Day of death October 18, 1992

• The temperature on October 18, 1992 was between 2.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (49%). 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
  • February 7 » The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
  • July 10 » In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
  • August 12 » Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  • September 12 » Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
  • October 4 » The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
• 1984 » Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 1988 » Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
• 2000 » Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)