Family tree Menting » Harmannus Gerardus "Herman" Thiecke (1912-2001)

Day of marriage December 18, 1942

• The temperature on December 18, 1942 was between 4.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • March 17 » Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
  • May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
  • August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
  • September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
  • December 22 » World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.

Day of death January 31, 2001

• The temperature on January 31, 2001 was between -0.2 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 20 » President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
  • April 1 » An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
  • April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
  • June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
  • September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
  • September 21 » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Giant Baba, Japanese wrestler and trainer, co-founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (b. 1938)
• 1999 » Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 2000 » Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2001 » Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (b. 1923)
• 2002 » Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (b. 1913)