Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Evert van de Langemeen (1918-2003)

Day of marriage December 4, 1942

• The temperature on December 4, 1942 was between -4.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
• 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
  • April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
  • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
  • August 6 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
  • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
  • October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

Day of death January 9, 2003

• The temperature on January 9, 2003 was between -10.6 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -7.8 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
  • February 4 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
  • March 12 » The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
  • March 16 » American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah trying to obstruct the demolition of a home by being run over by a bulldozer.
  • June 5 » A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
  • July 30 » In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.

Day of burial January 14, 2003

• The temperature on January 14, 2003 was between 6.0 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
  • March 16 » American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah trying to obstruct the demolition of a home by being run over by a bulldozer.
  • March 17 » Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
  • June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
  • July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
  • November 18 » The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1909)
• 2006 » Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)