More like a forest than a tree! » Eric Bertram MURFET (1917-2013)

Christening day March 24, 1918

• The temperature on March 24, 1918 was between -1.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
  • February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
  • September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
  • October 31 » World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
  • December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.

Day of marriage July 12, 1941

• The temperature on July 12, 1941 was between 17.5 °C and 33.9 °C and averaged 25.2 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • May 22 » During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.
  • September 11 » Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
  • September 27 » The SSPatrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
  • September 29 » World War II: German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
  • October 17 » World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
  • December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.

Day of death April 30, 2013

• The temperature on April 30, 2013 was between 2.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • January 15 » A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
  • April 15 » A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
  • April 20 » A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.
  • June 3 » At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.
  • July 2 » The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
  • December 5 » Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.

Day of burial May 4, 2013

• The temperature on May 4, 2013 was between 3.6 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (71%). 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
  • April 9 » A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.
  • April 29 » National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people.
  • July 24 » A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80km/h (50mph) speed limit at 190km/h (120mph), killing 78 passengers.
  • November 5 » India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
  • November 17 » Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

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