Fischer-Sandker Groningen-Drenthe-Emsland » Maria Helena Bols (1919-2002)

Day of marriage July 27, 1948

• The temperature on July 27, 1948 was between 17.1 °C and 32.4 °C and averaged 25.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
  • June 22 » King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
  • July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
  • August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
  • September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
  • October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.

Day of death August 22, 2002

• The temperature on August 22, 2002 was between 12.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 4 » Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
  • June 22 » An earthquake measuring 6.5 M_w strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
  • August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
  • October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.
  • October 31 » A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
  • November 13 » Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.

Day of burial August 27, 2002

• The temperature on August 27, 2002 was between 17.1 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • January 27 » An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
  • April 11 » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
  • July 2 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
  • July 28 » Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
  • October 29 » Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
  • November 4 » Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
• 2003 » Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960)
• 2005 » Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)