Arbre Pene » Andre Marcel,Basile PÉNE (PENE) (1920-2005)

Day of marriage April 19, 1944

• The temperature on April 19, 1944 was between 0.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
  • March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
  • June 10 » In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
  • August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
  • September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
  • October 13 » World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.

Day of death March 25, 2005

• The temperature on March 25, 2005 was between 8.1 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • July 27 » After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
  • August 15 » The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
  • August 17 » The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
  • August 18 » A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
  • September 24 » Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b. 1950)
• 2006 » Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2007 » Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)