Family tree Dijkxhoorn » Dirkje van den Beukel (1918-2003)

Day of marriage March 3, 1956

• The temperature on March 3, 1956 was between 4.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
  • September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
  • October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
  • October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
  • November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
  • November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.

Day of death October 2, 2003

• The temperature on October 2, 2003 was between 11.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 25 » Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
  • February 18 » Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
  • March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
  • April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
  • April 14 » U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MSAchille Lauro in 1985.
  • October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (b. 1929)
• 2001 » Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (b. 1906)
• 2002 » Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
• 2003 » John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 2005 » August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)