Family tree Eussen » Maria Johanna "Annie" FRANSSEN (1920-2004)

Day of marriage May 4, 1944

• The temperature on May 4, 1944 was between 3.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
  • March 30 » Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
  • August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
  • September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
  • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
  • December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

Day of death July 12, 2004

• The temperature on July 12, 2004 was between 12.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 13.5 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
  • February 1 » Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
  • February 14 » In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
  • February 29 » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
  • May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
  • October 4 » SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.

Day of burial July 16, 2004

• The temperature on July 16, 2004 was between 13.1 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
  • March 8 » A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
  • May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
  • June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
  • November 19 » The Malice at the Palace: The worst brawl in NBA history, Ron Artest suspended 86 games (rest of season), Stephen Jackson suspended 30 games.
  • December 31 » The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670ft).

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Mark Lovell, English race car driver (b. 1960)
• 2004 » Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (b. 1918)
• 2005 » John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (b. 1917)
• 2007 » Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1975)