Genealogy Verhoeven » Gerardus Hendrikus Maria (Geert) Dibbets (1931-2006)

Day of marriage December 30, 1960

• The temperature on December 30, 1960 was between -1.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
  • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
  • June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
  • July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
  • August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
  • November 2 » Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.

Day of death October 11, 2006

• The temperature on October 11, 2006 was between 11.3 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 22 » At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
  • April 1 » Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.
  • July 31 » Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
  • August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
  • October 2 » Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
  • December 5 » Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.

Source: Wikipedia

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