Family tree Matenaers » Kurt Gerhard Johann Loosen (1928-2012)

Day of marriage June 5, 1953

• The temperature on June 5, 1953 was between 3.8 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
  • April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
  • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
  • June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
  • August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
  • October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.

Day of death July 30, 2012

• The temperature on July 30, 2012 was between 11.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • May 2 » A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
  • May 21 » A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen.
  • June 22 » A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
  • August 20 » A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
  • August 25 » Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
  • September 21 » Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack.

Day of burial August 2, 2012

• The temperature on August 2, 2012 was between 12.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • May 25 » The SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
  • July 12 » Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
  • August 25 » Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
  • September 18 » Greater Manchester Police officers PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone are murdered in a gun and grenade ambush attack in Greater Manchester, England.
  • October 29 » Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.
  • December 25 » An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.

Source: Wikipedia

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