Family tree Ham » Bertha Schiphorst (1923-2005)

Day of marriage September 12, 1951

• The temperature on September 12, 1951 was between 16.1 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
  • February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
  • May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
  • May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
  • October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
  • December 25 » A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.

Day of death August 29, 2005

• The temperature on August 29, 2005 was between 11.0 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (87%). 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 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 14 » YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
  • May 13 » Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan; Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates.
  • July 27 » After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
  • September 30 » Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
  • November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
  • December 11 » Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (b. 1936)
• 2004 » Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
• 2007 » James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)
• 2007 » Pierre Messmer, French civil servant and politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Richard Jewell, American police officer (b. 1962)