Stamboom Verbeek » Edwin Boelema (1923-2008)

Day of marriage July 25, 1947

• The temperature on July 25, 1947 was between 14.5 °C and 29.9 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (62%). 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
  • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
  • August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
  • October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
  • November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
  • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Day of death April 8, 2008

• The temperature on April 8, 2008 was between -1.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
  • April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
  • May 23 » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
  • May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
  • September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
  • November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.

Day of burial April 11, 2008

• The temperature on April 11, 2008 was between 1.6 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 23 » A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
  • February 29 » Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust.
  • February 29 » The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by foreign media.
  • May 28 » The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
  • August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
  • October 3 » The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 2008 » Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese painter (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)
• 2009 » Richard de Mille, American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist (b. 1922)
• 2010 » Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter (b. 1946)