Family tree Pullen » Gerritdina "Dina" Heres (1917-2004)

Day of marriage November 27, 1942

• The temperature on November 27, 1942 was between 5.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
  • March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
  • March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
  • March 31 » World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
  • July 25 » The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
  • August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.

Day of death August 8, 2004

• The temperature on August 8, 2004 was between 17.2 °C and 31.0 °C and averaged 24.5 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
  • May 28 » The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
  • June 11 » Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
  • October 14 » Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.
  • November 26 » Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
  • December 26 » The 9.1–9.3 M_w  Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.

Day of burial August 13, 2004

• The temperature on August 13, 2004 was between 15.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 28.7 mm of rain during 16.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast 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 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
  • February 27 » Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
  • March 29 » Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
  • July 4 » Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
  • November 27 » Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
  • November 30 » Lion Air Flight 583 overshoots the runway while landing at Adisumarmo International Airport and crashes, killing 25 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Dirk Hoogendam, Dutch-German SS officer (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian director and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Leon Golub, American painter and academic (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)