Bidprentjesverzameling Stichting De Oude Schoenendoos » Gerrit Thijssen (± 1930-2006)

Day of death December 23, 2006

• The temperature on December 23, 2006 was between 1.9 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
  • April 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
  • July 15 » Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
  • September 17 » An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
  • October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
  • December 4 » Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.

Source: Wikipedia

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