Family tree Devos-Rigolle » Marie-Louise TAELMAN (1920-2003)

Day of marriage July 2, 1946

• The temperature on July 2, 1946 was between 11.9 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
  • March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
  • April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
  • June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
  • June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
  • December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

Day of death March 10, 2003

• The temperature on March 10, 2003 was between 7.8 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
  • January 21 » A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
  • July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
  • August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
  • November 20 » After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.

Source: Wikipedia

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