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.
  • May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
  • June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
  • June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
  • July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
  • August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
  • December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

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.
  • March 11 » Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
  • March 12 » Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
  • April 12 » Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
  • August 19 » A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
  • October 28 » The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
  • December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

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.
  • February 20 » Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
  • April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
  • September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
  • November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
  • December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
  • December 30 » A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.

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)