Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Margaretha - Gretha Stornebrink (1919-2006)

Day of marriage November 18, 1942

• The temperature on November 18, 1942 was between 2.3 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
  • May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
  • July 25 » The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
  • November 15 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
  • November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).
  • December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

Day of death September 21, 2006

• The temperature on September 21, 2006 was between 11.8 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
  • April 8 » Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.
  • October 15 » The 6.7 M_w Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
  • December 5 » Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
  • December 6 » NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
  • December 30 » Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

Day of cremation September 26, 2006

• The temperature on September 26, 2006 was between 10.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • May 12 » Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
  • May 23 » Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
  • May 27 » The 6.4 M_w  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
  • July 9 » One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
  • August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
  • December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

Source: Wikipedia

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