Family tree De Kunder » Mathilda Joanna Wijers (1914-2009)

Day of marriage November 15, 1937

• The temperature on November 15, 1937 was between -0.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
  • April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
  • May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
  • July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
  • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
  • December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

Day of death September 15, 2009

• The temperature on September 15, 2009 was between 13.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 24 » Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
  • February 7 » Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
  • February 10 » The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
  • March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
  • April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
  • April 7 » Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.

Day of cremation September 21, 2009

• The temperature on September 21, 2009 was between 8.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • March 23 » FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
  • April 6 » A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
  • April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
  • April 30 » Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • June 18 » The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
  • October 28 » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
• 2007 » Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
• 2008 » Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
• 2009 » Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2010 » Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)