Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Geoffrey Denis Erksine Russell 4th Lord Ampthill (1921-2011)

Day of marriage July 20, 1946

• The temperature on July 20, 1946 was between 10.1 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
  • April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
  • May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
  • May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
  • June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
  • July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.

Day of death April 23, 2011

• The temperature on April 23, 2011 was between 9.9 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
  • January 25 » The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes.
  • February 22 » Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
  • March 11 » An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130km (81mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
  • May 21 » Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.
  • September 11 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2010 » Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)
• 2011 » Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician (b. 1921)
• 2011 » James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (b. 1922)
• 2011 » John Sullivan, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
• 2011 » Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of State (b. 1924)
• 2011 » Tom King, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)