Family tree Eussen » Anna Josephina Philomena DIEKMAN (1911-2003)

Day of marriage April 28, 1937

• The temperature on April 28, 1937 was between 2.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
  • August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
  • August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
  • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
  • December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
  • December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

Day of death April 11, 2003

• The temperature on April 11, 2003 was between -1.8 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly 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 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 16 » The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
  • March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
  • April 16 » The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
  • 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.
  • December 7 » The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
  • December 25 » The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.

Day of burial April 16, 2003

• The temperature on April 16, 2003 was between 8.4 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 18 » A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
  • May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
  • June 10 » The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
  • August 11 » NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
  • October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
  • December 25 » The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
• 2001 » Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (b. 1921)
• 2003 » Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (b. 1900)
• 2005 » André François, Romanian-French cartoonist, painter, and sculptor (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (b. 1907)
• 2006 » June Pointer, American singer (b. 1953)