Genealogy Mostert » PIETER van GAALEN (1918-2001)

Day of marriage November 24, 1949

• The temperature on November 24, 1949 was between 2.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
  • June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
  • June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
  • July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
  • July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
  • December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

Day of death February 8, 2001

• The temperature on February 8, 2001 was between 2.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 16.2 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
  • May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
  • June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
  • July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
  • November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.

Day of burial February 13, 2001

• The temperature on February 13, 2001 was between 1.0 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
  • January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
  • May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
  • November 12 » In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
  • November 13 » War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
  • November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1999 » Iris Murdoch, Irish-born British novelist and philosopher (b. 1919)
• 2000 » Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
• 2000 » Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936)