Descendants Lavarne » Karel Willem Makkink (1927-2001)

Day of marriage October 10, 1958

• The temperature on October 10, 1958 was between 12.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
  • May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
  • August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
  • November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
  • November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
  • November 28 » First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.

Day of death February 3, 2001

• The temperature on February 3, 2001 was between -0.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 15.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
  • June 23 » The 8.4 M_w  southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
  • June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
  • September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
  • September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
  • September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.

Day of burial February 7, 2001

• The temperature on February 7, 2001 was between 9.0 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
  • February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
  • May 29 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
  • July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
  • September 18 » First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
  • December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Source: Wikipedia

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