Database Van Broekhoven » Carel Albertus Verstraaten (1920-2003)
Personal data Carel Albertus Verstraaten
- He was born on March 17, 1920 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
- He died on February 28, 2003 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 82 years old.
- A child of Johannes Verstraaten and Gerrigjen Schenk
- This information was last updated on February 15, 2025.
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Birthday March 17, 1920
- The temperature on March 17, 1920 was between 3.8 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
- January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
- January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
- March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
- August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
- November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
- November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
Day of death February 28, 2003
- The temperature on February 28, 2003 was between 2.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
- January 11 » Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
- February 1 » Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
- March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
- May 1 » Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USSAbraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
- August 19 » A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
- November 26 » The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
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- 1921 » Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications († 2009)
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- 1924 » Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator († 2013)
- 2002 » Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)
- 2002 » Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
- 2003 » Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (b. 1928)
- 2003 » Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadorian general and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)
- 2004 » Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (b. 1921)
- 2004 » Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)
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