Familie De Maat » Josephus Jacobus Marie (Josef) de Maat (1920-2008)

Christening day June 4, 1920

• The temperature on June 4, 1920 was between 7.0 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
  • February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
  • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
  • April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
  • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
  • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.

Day of death August 3, 2008

• The temperature on August 3, 2008 was between 15.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
  • May 30 » Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.
  • June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
  • August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
  • September 7 » The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.

Day of cremation August 8, 2008

• The temperature on August 8, 2008 was between 12.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
  • June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
  • July 21 » Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
  • August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
  • September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
  • December 24 » The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.

Source: Wikipedia

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