Genealogy Mees » Johan Aemilius Abraham "Hans" Dorhout Mees (1928-2008)

Day of marriage October 31, 1953

• The temperature on October 31, 1953 was between 5.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
  • April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
  • August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
  • September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
  • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

Day of death September 6, 2008

• The temperature on September 6, 2008 was between 14.6 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • April 22 » The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
  • May 23 » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
  • June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
  • July 21 » Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
  • August 8 » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
  • October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.

Day of burial September 13, 2008

• The temperature on September 13, 2008 was between 8.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
  • September 10 » The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
  • October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
  • November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
  • December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2010 » Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Clive Donner, English director and editor (b. 1926)