Genealogy Mandemaker » Grietje "Gre" Mandemaker (1927-2000)

Day of death May 21, 2000

• The temperature on May 21, 2000 was between 5.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
  • July 2 » Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
  • August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
  • September 15 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
  • September 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
  • October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.

Day of cremation May 25, 2000

• The temperature on May 25, 2000 was between 10.3 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
  • May 25 » Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
  • September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
  • October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
  • November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
  • December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Robert Gist, American actor and director (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
• 2000 » John Gielgud, English actor (b. 1904)
• 2000 » Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (b. 1956)
• 2002 » Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (b. 1928)