Genealogy Hulst - de Rijk, Pol - Straatman en Overige Hulst lijnen in Nederland » Wilhelmus Johannes "Wim" Pol (1925-2009)

Day of marriage December 30, 1952

• The temperature on December 30, 1952 was between -3.7 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
  • March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
  • April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
  • June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
  • October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
  • December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.

Day of death April 9, 2009

• The temperature on April 9, 2009 was between 2.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • 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.
  • February 20 » Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
  • March 12 » Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
  • April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
  • May 1 » Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
  • June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.

Day of burial April 15, 2009

• The temperature on April 15, 2009 was between 9.1 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 20 » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
  • January 31 » In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
  • April 7 » Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
  • April 30 » Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
  • October 28 » The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
  • November 23 » The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (b. 1907)
• 2007 » Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and poet (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (b. 1986)
• 2010 » Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
• 2011 » Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2011 » Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, Bahraini journalist (b. 1971)