Database Van Broekhoven » Helena Brigitta van den Berkmortel (1922-2008)

Day of marriage May 19, 1945

• The temperature on May 19, 1945 was between 8.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
  • January 25 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
  • March 6 » World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
  • April 22 » World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.
  • August 9 » World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
  • August 17 » The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.

Day of death August 21, 2008

• The temperature on August 21, 2008 was between 14.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 29 » The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by foreign media.
  • April 3 » Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
  • August 18 » War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
  • August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
  • October 3 » The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
  • December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat ratna awardi (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)
• 2007 » Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Siobhan Dowd, British author (b. 1960)
• 2008 » Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (b. 1969)
• 2009 » Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (b. 1930)