Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Marinus "Piet" Manders (1923-2004)

Day of marriage May 6, 1957

• The temperature on May 6, 1957 was between 0.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
  • September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
  • October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
  • November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
  • December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Day of death January 6, 2004

• The temperature on January 6, 2004 was between 3.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The partly or 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 year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 3 » Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
  • May 2 » The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.
  • May 29 » The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
  • June 11 » Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
  • November 11 » The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
  • November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
• 2005 » Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932)
• 2005 » Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Louis Robichaud, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1933)