Genealogy Strickland/Kluit » Norman Strickland (1922-2006)

Day of marriage November 14, 1945

• The temperature on November 14, 1945 was between 0.8 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • April 7 » World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
  • April 18 » Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
  • May 1 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.
  • August 11 » Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
  • August 14 » The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
  • August 30 » The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.

Day of death January 27, 2006

• The temperature on January 27, 2006 was between -6 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
  • May 13 » São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.
  • August 4 » A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
  • August 23 » Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
  • September 17 » Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
  • October 2 » Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Jack Paar, American talk show host and author (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)
• 2006 » Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
• 2006 » Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese decathlete, long jumper, and hurdler (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Suharto, Indonesian general and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (b. 1921)