Ancestors Alex Verbeek » Lodevicus Nicolaas "Louis" WORTEL (1914-2004)

Day of marriage April 30, 1940

• The temperature on April 30, 1940 was between 7.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
  • May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
  • May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
  • May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
  • August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.

Day of death September 19, 2004

• The temperature on September 19, 2004 was between 9.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (78%). 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 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
  • February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
  • April 24 » The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
  • August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
  • September 3 » Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
  • November 26 » Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
• 2003 » Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
• 2004 » Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)