Genealogy Van Eck op Goeree Overflakkee » Arnolda Johanna van GELDER (1920-2006)

Day of marriage January 2, 1942

• The temperature on January 2, 1942 was between 3.9 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. 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)
• 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.
  • March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
  • April 23 » World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
  • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
  • May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
  • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
  • September 20 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In the course of two days a German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv.

Day of death September 7, 2006

• The temperature on September 7, 2006 was between 12.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • February 16 » The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
  • February 24 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
  • March 21 » The social media site Twitter is founded.
  • April 27 » Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
  • December 5 » Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
  • December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2006 » Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer (b. 1955)
• 2008 » Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Gregory Mcdonald, American author (b. 1937)
• 2008 » Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian rugby player and actor (b. 1931)
• 2008 » Kune Biezeveld, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1948)