Database Schaap » Albertina Mettje "Zus" Hoving (1926-2005)

Day of death June 19, 2005

• The temperature on June 19, 2005 was between 12.7 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 15.3 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • February 14 » In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
  • February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
  • April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
  • October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
  • November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
  • December 17 » Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Source: Wikipedia

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