Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Jannetje Timmer (1926-2002)

Day of marriage November 29, 1946

• The temperature on November 29, 1946 was between 5.5 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
  • January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
  • March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
  • May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
  • August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
  • September 2 » The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.

Day of death January 22, 2002

• The temperature on January 22, 2002 was between 4.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 23 » U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
  • March 1 » The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800km (500mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
  • April 12 » A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
  • May 7 » An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people.
  • August 20 » A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
  • September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Roy Brown, American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932)
• 2001 » Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
• 2003 » Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916)