Family tree Diverse » Henrica "Riek" Krijnen (1920-2002)

Day of marriage April 20, 1938

• The temperature on April 20, 1938 was between -0.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
  • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
  • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
  • September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.

Day of death July 29, 2002

• The temperature on July 29, 2002 was between 16.1 °C and 31.0 °C and averaged 24.6 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • February 22 » Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
  • March 19 » Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
  • April 12 » A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
  • June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
  • July 15 » "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
  • December 18 » California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Edward Gierek, Polish soldier and politician (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Wau Holland, German computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)