Family tree Peter de Jong » Franciscus Nicolaas Maria "Frans" de Jong (1958-2008)

Christening day April 5, 1958

• The temperature on April 5, 1958 was between 3.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
  • May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
  • May 13 » May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
  • July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
  • September 2 » United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
  • October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.

Day of death May 26, 2008

• The temperature on May 26, 2008 was between 12.5 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • April 3 » ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
  • April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
  • May 30 » Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.
  • May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
  • June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
  • September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa

Day of burial May 30, 2008

• The temperature on May 30, 2008 was between 12.1 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). 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 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.
  • January 18 » The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
  • July 31 » East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
  • August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
  • November 10 » Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
  • November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

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