Family tree Dijkstra » Jordina Sjieuwke Dijkstra (1914-2007)

Day of marriage July 18, 1939

• The temperature on July 18, 1939 was between 10.8 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
  • March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
  • March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
  • April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
  • December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
  • December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.

Day of death May 24, 2007

• The temperature on May 24, 2007 was between 9.2 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia killing all 102 people on board.
  • January 9 » Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
  • July 10 » Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
  • July 12 » U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
  • August 4 » NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.
  • November 23 » MSExplorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.

Day of burial May 30, 2007

• The temperature on May 30, 2007 was between 7.1 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
  • July 31 » Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
  • August 8 » An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
  • August 20 » China Airlines Flight 120 caught fire and exploded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
  • September 11 » Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
  • December 23 » An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2006 » Claude Piéplu, French actor (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Henry Bumstead, American art director and production designer (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Dick Martin, American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1922)
• 2008 » Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (b. 1936)