Database Admiraal » Frederik Lambertus Martinus Roelofsen (1934-2005)

Day of marriage July 27, 1967

• The temperature on July 27, 1967 was between 13.5 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The "ultimate high" of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
  • March 12 » Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.
  • April 9 » The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
  • April 14 » Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
  • June 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
  • September 3 » Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.

Day of death November 8, 2005

• The temperature on November 8, 2005 was between 8.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 15 » ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
  • February 14 » YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
  • June 30 » MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer
  • September 16 » The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
  • December 3 » XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
  • December 30 » Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2004 » Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (b. 1928)
• 2005 » David Westheimer, American soldier and author (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)
• 2006 » Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1941)