Family tree De Kunder » Hendrika Berendina Gertruida Boonhof (1922-2011)

Day of marriage January 17, 1947

• The temperature on January 17, 1947 was between 2.7 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
  • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

Day of death June 12, 2011

• The temperature on June 12, 2011 was between 4.7 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, killing 77 people.
  • February 13 » For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
  • February 19 » The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
  • March 15 » Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
  • May 11 » An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
  • May 21 » Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2010 » Al Williamson, American illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2011 » Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)
• 2011 » René Audet, Canadian bishop (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943)
• 2012 » Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1917)