Genealogische data Golse Genen » Theo Leon "Theo" van Laere (1928-2008)

Day of marriage May 28, 1954

• The temperature on May 28, 1954 was between 15.5 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 22.2 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
  • April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
  • July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
  • October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
  • December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

Day of death September 19, 2008

• The temperature on September 19, 2008 was between 3.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
  • May 15 » California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
  • May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
  • May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
  • September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
  • December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.

Day of burial September 23, 2008

• The temperature on September 23, 2008 was between 12.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • May 15 » California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
  • June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
  • August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
  • September 20 » A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
  • October 3 » The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
  • November 25 » Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.

Source: Wikipedia

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