Pedigree Scrap » Engelina Josephina Haafkes (1917-2007)

Day of marriage February 21, 1950

• The temperature on February 21, 1950 was between 2.2 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
  • August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
  • October 9 » The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
  • November 17 » Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
  • December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.
  • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Day of death September 29, 2007

• The temperature on September 29, 2007 was between 11.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 20 » Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
  • May 3 » The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
  • May 19 » President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
  • September 11 » Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
  • September 12 » Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
  • October 15 » Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
• 2006 » Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
• 2007 » Yıldırım Aktuna, Turkish psychiatrist and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (b. 1921)