Genealogische gegevens uit Noord-Oost Overijssel » Arend Jan Veurink (1920-2001)

Day of marriage April 28, 1944

• The temperature on April 28, 1944 was between 5.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
  • February 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
  • June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
  • September 5 » Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
  • October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
  • November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

Day of death April 13, 2001

• The temperature on April 13, 2001 was between -1.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
  • May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
  • July 4 » Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
  • September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
  • September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
  • December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)
• 1999 » Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (b. 1962)