More like a forest than a tree! » Loris Elsie BYARD (1928-2003)

Day of marriage April 30, 1947

• The temperature on April 30, 1947 was between 5.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Day of death September 13, 2003

• The temperature on September 13, 2003 was between 4.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 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 21 » A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
  • 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.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
  • November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
  • December 17 » SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.

Day of burial September 16, 2003

• The temperature on September 16, 2003 was between 7.4 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • February 1 » Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
  • April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
  • May 16 » In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
  • August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
  • September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
  • December 7 » The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English ice hockey player and tennis player (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Johnny Craig, American sailor and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2002 » George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Frank O'Bannon, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (b. 1925)