Family tree Joon » Frederik Juriaan "Freek" Pieters (1928-2002)

Day of marriage August 27, 1953

• The temperature on August 27, 1953 was between 8.3 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
  • April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
  • April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
  • May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
  • May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
  • November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.

Day of death October 28, 2002

• The temperature on October 28, 2002 was between 6.0 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
  • February 12 » An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
  • June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
  • August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
  • November 13 » During the Prestige oil spill a storm burst a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002 off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
  • December 18 » California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.

Day of cremation November 1, 2002

• The temperature on November 1, 2002 was between 1.8 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
  • May 7 » A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
  • May 23 » The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
  • July 15 » Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
  • November 4 » Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
  • December 17 » Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2000 » Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (b. 1969)
• 2001 » Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1898)
• 2004 » Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (b. 1926)