Genealogy Jan van de Wege and Janna Dekkers » Bonnie Valeria vande Wege (1930-2007)

Day of marriage December 27, 1961

• The temperature on December 27, 1961 was between -10.2 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
  • February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
  • March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
  • April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
  • April 16 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
  • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.

Day of death August 5, 2007

• The temperature on August 5, 2007 was between 13.8 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
  • January 22 » At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
  • March 11 » Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
  • September 12 » Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
  • October 15 » Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
  • November 5 » China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (b. 1936)
• 2007 » Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)
• 2008 » Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)