Family tree Oberholthaus » Anna Maria (Annie) (Zr. Liduina) Rechters (1924-2008)

Day of death April 27, 2008

• The temperature on April 27, 2008 was between 10.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
  • May 28 » The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
  • May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
  • September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
  • October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
  • December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.

Day of burial May 2, 2008

• The temperature on May 2, 2008 was between 3.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • May 12 » U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
  • June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
  • September 28 » Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit.
  • November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
  • November 25 » Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.

Source: Wikipedia

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