Family tree Donders-Antonis » Franciscus Joannes Maria "Frans" Dirkx (1922-2006)

Day of marriage October 30, 1943

• The temperature on October 30, 1943 was between 4.6 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
  • July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
  • July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
  • October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
  • November 26 » World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
  • December 8 » World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre of Kalavryta.

Day of death April 20, 2006

• The temperature on April 20, 2006 was between 6.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 22 » Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
  • March 10 » The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
  • June 18 » The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
  • July 12 » The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
  • November 19 » Nintendo's first video game console with motion control, the Wii, is released.
  • December 30 » Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
• 2004 » Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Fumio Niwa, Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 2007 » Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
• 2008 » Monica Lovinescu, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)