Descendants van Rossenberg » Margaretha Johanna (Greet) van Rossenberg (1917-2005)

Day of marriage October 3, 1944

• The temperature on October 3, 1944 was between 4.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
  • April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
  • May 18 » Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
  • June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
  • June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
  • December 31 » World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

Day of death August 24, 2005

• The temperature on August 24, 2005 was between 8.3 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
  • April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
  • April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
  • July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
  • August 15 » The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
  • November 23 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910)
• 2004 » Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Aaron Russo, American director and producer (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)