Family tree Lars Werner » Elisabeth van WELY (1919-2005)

Day of marriage November 21, 1942

• The temperature on November 21, 1942 was between 0.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
  • February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
  • May 9 » Holocaust: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.
  • June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
  • July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
  • December 22 » World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.

Day of death August 20, 2005

• The temperature on August 20, 2005 was between 14.2 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • July 4 » The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
  • 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.
  • August 16 » West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
  • September 7 » Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
  • December 17 » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
  • December 24 » Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (b. 1970)
• 2005 » Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
• 2006 » Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977)
• 2006 » Joe Rosenthal, American photographer and journalist (b. 1911)
• 2006 » S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1938)
• 2007 » Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (b. 1920)