Brabantse Stambomen » Petronella Gerrits (1907-2007)

Day of marriage May 11, 1946

• The temperature on May 11, 1946 was between 5.2 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
  • May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
  • June 27 » In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
  • August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
  • October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.

Day of death September 27, 2007

• The temperature on September 27, 2007 was between 7.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.
  • April 3 » Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
  • April 20 » Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
  • July 10 » Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
  • September 18 » Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
  • October 10 » Team Fortress 2 is released by Valve Corporation

Day of burial October 2, 2007

• The temperature on October 2, 2007 was between 10.5 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia killing all 102 people on board.
  • February 13 » Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
  • March 7 » The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
  • June 19 » The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
  • September 16 » One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
  • December 20 » The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (b. 1910)
• 2007 » Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957)
• 2008 » Henri Pachard, American director and producer (b. 1939)