Family tree Groothelm » Pietje Pieters Witteveen (1912-2004)

Day of marriage July 21, 1937

• The temperature on July 21, 1937 was between 13.0 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
  • April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
  • May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
  • July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
  • July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
  • July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.

Day of death September 20, 2004

• The temperature on September 20, 2004 was between 11.5 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • August 1 » A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
  • August 17 » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
  • September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
  • November 11 » The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
  • 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.
  • November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1971)
• 2003 » Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1941)
• 2003 » Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician, 1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Townsend Hoopes, American soldier and historian (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian human rights activist, Holocaust survivor (b. 1908)