Genealogy Kuijper » Cato (To) de Jong (1917-2015)

Day of marriage November 25, 1942

• The temperature on November 25, 1942 was between 1.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
  • April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
  • June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
  • July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
  • August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
  • September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.

Day of death February 6, 2015

• The temperature on February 6, 2015 was between -2 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2015: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
  • January 25 » A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines killing 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
  • June 17 » Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
  • July 27 » At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
  • August 16 » More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
  • November 12 » Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
  • December 4 » A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.

Day of burial February 12, 2015

• The temperature on February 12, 2015 was between -0.3 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2015: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Boko Haram militants raze the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.
  • January 15 » The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets
  • May 3 » Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
  • September 18 » Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
  • September 24 » At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
  • October 3 » Forty-two are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike.

Source: Wikipedia

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