Mannen van Croy » Henrica "Riek" Crooijmans (1927-2012)

Day of marriage January 23, 1946

• The temperature on January 23, 1946 was between -3.6 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
  • February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
  • May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
  • July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
  • October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.
  • December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

Day of death March 16, 2012

• The temperature on March 16, 2012 was between 2.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.
  • April 21 » Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
  • May 29 » A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
  • July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
  • August 10 » The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
  • September 9 » The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.

Source: Wikipedia

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