Phoppe Simons » Maria Gerritdina Jansen (1913-2001)

Day of marriage August 18, 1943

• The temperature on August 18, 1943 was between 13.8 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
  • February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
  • March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  • April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
  • May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
  • September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.

Day of death March 21, 2001

• The temperature on March 21, 2001 was between -0.1 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The almost completely overcast 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 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.
  • February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
  • 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.
  • June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
  • June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
  • October 17 » Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
  • December 12 » Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Ernie Wise, English comedian and actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 » Jean Guitton, French philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 2001 » Anthony Steel, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Chung Ju-yung, South Korean businessman, founded Hyundai (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Herman Talmadge, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th Governor of Georgia (b. 1913)
• 2003 » Shivani, Indian author (b. 1923)