More like a forest than a tree! » Maria Gertruda GIEZENAAR (1943-1982)

Christening day February 9, 1943

• The temperature on February 9, 1943 was between 0.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
  • April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
  • July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
  • July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
  • October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.
  • November 19 » Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

Day of death June 11, 1982

• The temperature on June 11, 1982 was between 12.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 22 » NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
  • June 14 » Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
  • June 18 » Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
  • August 21 » Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
  • October 8 » Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
  • December 6 » The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.

Source: Wikipedia

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