Genealogy De Groot » Maria Catharina Jacoba de Groot (1950-2002)

Day of marriage July 8, 1971

• The temperature on July 8, 1971 was between 13.8 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • May 27 » The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
  • June 7 » The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
  • July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
  • October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
  • November 21 » Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
  • December 5 » Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.

Day of death October 24, 2002

• The temperature on October 24, 2002 was between 4.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • March 30 » 2002 Lyon car attack takes place.
  • June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
  • September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
  • November 15 » Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • November 19 » The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
  • December 23 » A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (b. 1937)
• 2002 » Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
• 2002 » Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
• 2002 » Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)