Database Van Broekhoven » Josephus Gerardus Antonius van Berkel (1906-2000)

Day of marriage February 20, 1933

• The temperature on February 20, 1933 was between -5.1 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
  • March 15 » Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the Austrofascist dictatorship.
  • March 20 » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
  • March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
  • May 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.

Day of death April 4, 2000

• The temperature on April 4, 2000 was between 4.7 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • January 14 » A United Nations tribunal sentences five Roman Catholic Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
  • February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
  • 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.
  • October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
  • November 7 » The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
  • December 30 » Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1999 » Early Wynn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Lucille Lortel, American actress, artistic director and producer (b. 1900)
• 2001 » Ed Roth, American illustrator and engineer (b. 1932)
• 2001 » Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Maury Van Vliet, American-Canadian academic (b. 1913)