Sluzigers (e.a.) » Alberdina "Dien" Stoffers (1925-2008)

Day of marriage June 8, 1948

• The temperature on June 8, 1948 was between 9.8 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
  • May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
  • June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
  • July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  • October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
  • December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

Day of death June 1, 2008

• The temperature on June 1, 2008 was between 12.6 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
  • April 30 » Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
  • May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
  • June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
  • July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
  • August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.

Day of burial June 5, 2008

• The temperature on June 5, 2008 was between 13.5 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
  • February 13 » Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
  • April 3 » Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
  • June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
  • June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
  • August 8 » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.

Source: Wikipedia

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