Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Hend(e)rika - Rika van Rijswijk (1935-2013)

Day of marriage January 16, 1960

• The temperature on January 16, 1960 was between -4.6 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
  • January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
  • March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
  • April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
  • May 3 » The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.

Day of death February 20, 2013

• The temperature on February 20, 2013 was between -2.4 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded 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, 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.
  • July 13 » Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160million in East China and Taiwan.
  • August 21 » Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
  • September 2 » The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.
  • September 6 » It was announced that Leeuwarden would become cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.
  • September 16 » A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard.
  • October 22 » The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.

Day of burial February 25, 2013

• The temperature on February 25, 2013 was between 0.8 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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, 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.
  • April 22 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements.
  • April 30 » Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
  • May 30 » Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
  • September 17 » Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
  • October 3 » At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
  • October 13 » A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.

Source: Wikipedia

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