Genealogy van de familie Kalkman » Adrianus Jacobus "Co" Kalkman (1948-2007)

Day of marriage April 26, 1968

• The temperature on April 26, 1968 was between 2.1 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
  • April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
  • July 23 » The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
  • August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
  • November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
  • December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

Day of death January 12, 2007

• The temperature on January 12, 2007 was between 7.7 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 4 » The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
  • May 19 » President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
  • June 26 » Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
  • September 11 » Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
  • September 20 » Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
  • December 3 » Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
• 2007 » James Killen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Max Beck, American intersex advocate (b. 1966)
• 2009 » Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)