Genealogy Slot » Roelofje (Roelie) Ruben (1924-2004)

Day of marriage March 20, 1953

• The temperature on March 20, 1953 was between -1.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
  • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
  • June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
  • July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
  • September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
  • October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.

Day of death April 7, 2004

• The temperature on April 7, 2004 was between 3.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 14 » In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
  • March 29 » Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
  • May 29 » The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
  • August 1 » A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
  • November 21 » The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100billion) of Iraq's external debt.
  • December 8 » The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (b. 1903)
• 2003 » David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)
• 2004 » Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
• 2005 » Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932)
• 2005 » Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922)