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.
  • January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
  • February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
  • May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
  • August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
  • September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.

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.
  • March 31 » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
  • September 3 » Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
  • September 29 » Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
  • November 11 » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
  • December 14 » The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
  • December 20 » A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.

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)