Bidprentjesverzameling Stichting De Oude Schoenendoos » Simon Groot (1929-2001)

Day of death April 7, 2001

• The temperature on April 7, 2001 was between 6.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
  • 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.
  • June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
  • August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
  • August 25 » American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
  • 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.

Day of burial April 11, 2001

• The temperature on April 11, 2001 was between 4.2 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily 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.
  • April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
  • July 24 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
  • August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
  • October 26 » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
  • November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
  • December 12 » Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.

Source: Wikipedia

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