Mannen van Croy » Hendrika Petronella "Drika" Crooijmans (1912-2000)

Day of marriage June 15, 1938

• The temperature on June 15, 1938 was between 8.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
  • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
  • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
  • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
  • October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

Day of death May 5, 2000

• The temperature on May 5, 2000 was between 8.9 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
  • June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
  • June 16 » The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
  • October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
  • November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
  • December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.

Day of burial May 9, 2000

• The temperature on May 9, 2000 was between 13.6 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • March 27 » A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
  • June 16 » The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
  • July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
  • October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
  • November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
  • November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2000 » Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, created CliffsNotes (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Morris Graves, American painter and educator (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (b. 1926)