Family tree Eussen » Josefina Maria Gerarda MEERTENS (1929-2016)

Day of marriage August 20, 1958

• The temperature on August 20, 1958 was between 12.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
  • April 26 » Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
  • May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
  • September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
  • October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
  • November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.

Day of death December 8, 2016

• The temperature on December 8, 2016 was between 6.4 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • March 11 » At least 21 people are killed by flooding and mudslides in and around São Paulo, Brazil, following heavy rain.
  • June 16 » Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
  • September 30 » Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
  • October 8 » In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
  • December 7 » Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
  • December 22 » A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.

Day of burial December 13, 2016

• The temperature on December 13, 2016 was between 5.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
  • May 19 » EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
  • June 16 » Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
  • July 26 » The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
  • August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
  • November 8 » Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the BJP party led NDA government, publicly announced the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes only a few hours before the implementation/imposition of diktat, i.e. from midnight, starting of November 9 (9-11 as per Indian date recordings), from the Indian economy, without popular consent, rendering 86% of Indian currency in circulation invalid.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2015 » Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (b. 1936)
• 2015 » Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (b. 1943)
• 2015 » Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1913)
• 2015 » John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (b. 1946)
• 2015 » Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and actress (b. 1925)
• 2016 » John Glenn, American astronaut and senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)