Family tree Gonsalves - Gooskens enz » Marc Peter "Marc" Gooskens (1959-2009)

Christening day August 22, 1959

• The temperature on August 22, 1959 was between 14.0 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
  • June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
  • July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
  • July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
  • November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
  • December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

Day of death November 8, 2009

• The temperature on November 8, 2009 was between 0.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 24 » Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
  • April 3 » Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
  • April 7 » Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
  • May 25 » North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
  • June 12 » A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
  • October 10 » Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2009 » Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (b. 1925)
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