Genealogische gegevens uit Noord-Oost Overijssel » Gerrit Jan Stroeve (1927-2004)

Day of death August 26, 2004

• The temperature on August 26, 2004 was between 13.1 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • March 29 » Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
  • April 6 » Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
  • April 24 » The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
  • August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
  • November 11 » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
  • November 27 » Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Day of burial August 31, 2004

• The temperature on August 31, 2004 was between 9.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 1 » In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
  • February 2 » Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
  • February 5 » Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
  • April 2 » Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
  • September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
  • December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

Source: Wikipedia

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