Family tree De Ruijter » Gerardus,Johannes de Ruijter (1940-2003)

Day of marriage March 30, 1965

• The temperature on March 30, 1965 was between -0.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
  • May 12 » The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
  • July 16 » South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
  • August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • September 6 » India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
  • October 21 » Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.

Day of death March 1, 2003

• The temperature on March 1, 2003 was between 6.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • March 1 » Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
  • March 28 » In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • May 30 » Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
  • August 18 » One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
  • September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.

Day of burial March 5, 2003

• The temperature on March 5, 2003 was between 8.4 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 27 » The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
  • March 5 » In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
  • May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
  • July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
  • August 27 » The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
  • December 13 » Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

Source: Wikipedia

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