Family tree R. Kalfsvel » Reginald L Bloemhard (1926-2004)

Day of marriage May 12, 1960

• The temperature on May 12, 1960 was between 10.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • February 29 » The 5.7M_w  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
  • March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
  • March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
  • September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
  • September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
  • December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

Day of death September 25, 2004

• The temperature on September 25, 2004 was between 10.3 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • February 2 » Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
  • February 27 » Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
  • April 3 » Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
  • August 13 » One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
  • October 14 » MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
  • November 23 » The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (b. 1953)
• 2003 » Edward Said, Palestinian-American philosopher and critic (b. 1935)
• 2003 » Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2003 » George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2005 » Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)