Genealogieën Bex/Vromen/Overhof(f)/Herings » Karel Joseph (Karel) BEX (1919-2002)

Day of marriage April 21, 1944

• The temperature on April 21, 1944 was between 4.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 4 » World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
  • February 14 » World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
  • April 4 » World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
  • June 25 » World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
  • November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
  • December 31 » World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

Day of death March 1, 2002

• The temperature on March 1, 2002 was between -2.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
  • April 2 » Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
  • June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
  • July 9 » The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
  • July 15 » Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
  • October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.

Day of burial March 6, 2002

• The temperature on March 6, 2002 was between 5.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • February 12 » An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
  • April 11 » Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
  • April 12 » A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
  • May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
  • August 20 » A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
  • October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
• 1995 » Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
• 1998 » Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Jack Wild, English actor (b.1952)
• 2006 » Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)