Family tree Grimberg » Anna Gesina "Sientje" Grimberg (1926-2009)

Day of marriage June 26, 1956

• The temperature on June 26, 1956 was between 8.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
  • June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
  • October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
  • October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
  • November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  • December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

Day of death January 6, 2009

• The temperature on January 6, 2009 was between -9.6 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 26 » Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
  • February 12 » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
  • April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
  • April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
  • June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
  • August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2007 » Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Shmuel Berenbaum, Rabbi of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn)
• 2009 » Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (probable; b. 1948)
• 2011 » Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1967)
• 2012 » Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (b. 1928)