Jan Borren » Heintje Stoffelsen (1917-2009)

Day of marriage June 15, 1950

• The temperature on June 15, 1950 was between 7.1 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
  • July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
  • August 18 » Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
  • September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
  • October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
  • November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

Day of death August 16, 2009

• The temperature on August 16, 2009 was between 13.0 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.
  • January 29 » The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
  • June 5 » After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
  • August 10 » Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
  • November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
  • November 23 » The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.

Day of burial August 21, 2009

• The temperature on August 21, 2009 was between 13.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • April 12 » Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
  • June 1 » General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
  • June 12 » A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
  • September 6 » The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
  • October 3 » Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join together in the Turkic Council.
  • November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2008 » Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
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• 2010 » Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923)
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