Genealogy Zwanepol » Johanna Berendina (Jopie) van Dijk (1928-2009)

Day of marriage October 23, 1947

• The temperature on October 23, 1947 was between 7.6 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
  • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
  • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

Day of death October 3, 2009

• The temperature on October 3, 2009 was between 11.2 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
  • March 4 » The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
  • April 3 » Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
  • November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
  • December 3 » A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
  • December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
• 2007 » M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (b. 1917)
• 2009 » Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
• 2010 » Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
• 2010 » Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)