Dirck Middelkoop Parenteel » Arie Pieter "Piet" Middelkoop (1946-2006)

Day of marriage April 2, 1998

• The temperature on April 2, 1998 was between 9.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The almost completely overcast 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • February 14 » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
  • March 1 » Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
  • May 11 » India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
  • June 25 » In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
  • August 30 » Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
  • December 8 » Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.

Day of death August 20, 2006

• The temperature on August 20, 2006 was between 14.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 22.4 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily 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 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 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 year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 17 » A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
  • July 4 » Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
  • August 14 » Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
  • August 22 » Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
  • October 15 » The 6.7 M_w Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
  • December 29 » The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

Day of burial August 25, 2006

• The temperature on August 25, 2006 was between 12.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 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 year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 22 » At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
  • April 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
  • July 5 » North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
  • August 11 » The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
  • August 22 » Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
  • December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

Source: Wikipedia

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