Kramer Family Tree » Willem Bekkema (1923-2008)

Day of death February 1, 2008

• The temperature on February 1, 2008 was between 1.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • April 22 » The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
  • June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
  • July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
  • July 10 » Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
  • August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
  • September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa

Day of burial February 6, 2008

• The temperature on February 6, 2008 was between 1.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
  • March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
  • April 20 » Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
  • April 30 » Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
  • May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
  • November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

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