Family tree Schmit » Johannes Gerrit Grootendorst (1929-2002)

Day of marriage December 16, 1959

• The temperature on December 16, 1959 was between -1.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
  • May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
  • June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
  • August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
  • August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
  • September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.

Day of death April 27, 2002

• The temperature on April 27, 2002 was between 7.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
  • January 28 » TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
  • February 1 » Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
  • June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
  • July 1 » The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
  • October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.

Day of burial May 3, 2002

• The temperature on May 3, 2002 was between 5.1 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • February 28 » During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
  • April 12 » A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
  • April 14 » Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
  • May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
  • May 25 » China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
  • June 11 » Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1999 » Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
• 2002 » George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
• 2002 » Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)
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