Noordwijkerhout Van Toen (NoVaTo) » Maria Alida Cornelia Bierman (1922-2005)

Day of marriage July 21, 1947

• The temperature on July 21, 1947 was between 10.2 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  • April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
  • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
  • August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.

Day of death April 8, 2005

• The temperature on April 8, 2005 was between 3.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). 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 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
  • October 15 » A planned neo-Nazi protest against African-American street gangs sets off a riot in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people are arrested.
  • October 17 » The Colbert Report, an American satirical news television program and talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, premiered on Comedy Central.
  • November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
  • December 17 » Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
  • December 17 » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Harvey Quaytman, American painter (b. 1937)
• 2002 » María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Werner Schumacher, German actor (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Onna White, Canadian choreographer and dancer (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)