Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Maria Timmer (1920-2006)

Day of marriage April 20, 1949

• The temperature on April 20, 1949 was between 4.0 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
  • August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
  • October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
  • October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
  • November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.

Day of death December 13, 2006

• The temperature on December 13, 2006 was between 8.5 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast 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 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 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 year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
  • May 5 » The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
  • August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
  • August 24 » The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
  • August 25 » Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
  • December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

Day of burial December 18, 2006

• The temperature on December 18, 2006 was between -1.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 7 » The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
  • June 5 » Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
  • July 15 » Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
  • October 4 » WikiLeaks is launched.
  • November 21 » Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
  • December 6 » NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2004 » David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (b. 1953)
• 2006 » Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (b. 1932)
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