genealogie vandersloot » Jacob "Jaap" de Graaf (1939-2008)

Day of marriage April 13, 1960

• The temperature on April 13, 1960 was between 7.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
  • April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
  • September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
  • October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.

Day of death December 25, 2008

• The temperature on December 25, 2008 was between 0.4 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • February 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
  • May 15 » California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
  • May 25 » NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
  • July 1 » Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
  • August 6 » A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
  • November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.

Day of cremation December 30, 2008

• The temperature on December 30, 2008 was between -7.9 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). 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 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.
  • March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
  • April 3 » ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
  • April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
  • September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
  • 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.
  • December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » James Brown, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2007 » Des Barrick, English cricketer (b. 1927)
• 2007 » Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
• 2008 » Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 2009 » Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964)
• 2010 » Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)