Genealogy - W. Bosma » Dirk Smit (1924-2006)

Day of marriage June 18, 1971

• The temperature on June 18, 1971 was between 7.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
  • March 1 » President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
  • April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
  • July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
  • September 8 » In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
  • December 1 » Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.

Day of death July 6, 2006

• The temperature on July 6, 2006 was between 18.7 °C and 28.3 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 25 » Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
  • March 22 » Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox.
  • October 2 » Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
  • December 4 » Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
  • December 11 » The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
  • December 30 » The Indonesian passenger ferry MVSenopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

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