Genealogische gegevens uit Noord-Oost Overijssel » Arend Jan Veurink (1920-2001)

Day of marriage April 28, 1944

• The temperature on April 28, 1944 was between 5.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
  • April 26 » Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
  • July 6 » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
  • July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
  • August 1 » World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
  • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.

Day of death April 13, 2001

• The temperature on April 13, 2001 was between -1.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
  • May 27 » Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
  • September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
  • October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
  • November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
  • November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)
• 1999 » Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (b. 1962)