Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Klara Catharina Meinster (1914-2001)

Day of marriage May 4, 1934

• The temperature on May 4, 1934 was between 8.1 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
  • August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
  • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
  • November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
  • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
  • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

Day of death June 11, 2001

• The temperature on June 11, 2001 was between 6.3 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
  • February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
  • June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
  • October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
  • October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
  • November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Catherine Cookson, English author (b. 1906)
• 1999 » DeForest Kelley, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (b. 1968)
• 2003 » David Brinkley, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946)