Family tree Den Elzen - Bollenstreek » Helena Antonia Maria "Lena" de Groot (1914-2006)

Day of marriage August 15, 1947

• The temperature on August 15, 1947 was between 14.6 °C and 32.3 °C and averaged 24.0 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

Day of death May 28, 2006

• The temperature on May 28, 2006 was between 11.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
  • August 4 » A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
  • August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
  • August 25 » Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
  • September 19 » The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
  • November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (b. 1979)
• 2004 » Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (b. 1920)
• 2007 » Jörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, and academic (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Agriculture (b. 1945)