Database Schaap » Johanna Marie Wilhelmina "Annie" Meijers (1932-2012)

Day of marriage May 1, 1956

• The temperature on May 1, 1956 was between 3.6 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
  • May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
  • July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
  • September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
  • October 19 » The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
  • December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.

Day of death June 13, 2012

• The temperature on June 13, 2012 was between 5.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
  • March 2 » A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
  • March 11 » A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
  • April 16 » The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
  • May 19 » A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
  • June 15 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.

Day of cremation June 16, 2012

• The temperature on June 16, 2012 was between 13.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.
  • March 2 » A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
  • April 30 » An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 103 people.
  • June 29 » A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
  • July 30 » A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300million people without power in northern India.
  • October 1 » A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

Source: Wikipedia

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