Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Engelina Pruim (1925-2011)

Day of death February 14, 2011

• The temperature on February 14, 2011 was between 4.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • April 1 » After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
  • April 29 » The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • May 16 » STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
  • July 30 » Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
  • November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
  • December 31 » Samoa and Tokelau skip the day of December 30, 2011 as they jump to the other side of International Date Line, changing their timezones.

Day of cremation February 21, 2011

• The temperature on February 21, 2011 was between -4.6 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in which five people were shot dead.
  • February 13 » For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
  • April 1 » After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
  • April 11 » An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
  • April 29 » The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • May 25 » Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Source: Wikipedia

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