Dick Nijborg's genealogical file » Fenna Zwartsenberg (1917-2005)

Day of marriage May 16, 1946

• The average temperature on May 16, 1946 was 7.7 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
  • August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
  • August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
  • September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
  • September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
  • November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

Day of death November 20, 2005

• The temperature on November 20, 2005 was between 3.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 14 » YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
  • March 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
  • March 28 » An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.
  • May 10 » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
  • May 21 » The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
  • October 15 » A planned neo-Nazi protest against African-American street gangs sets off a riot in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people are arrested.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Ancel Keys, American physiologist (b. 1904)
• 2005 » Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
• 2005 » James King, American tenor (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Robert Altman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2006 » Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1950)