Family tree Servaes, Maastricht/Venlo/Straelen/Neuss/Düsseldorf » Joannes Andreas Hubertus "Sjeng" Servaes (1922-2010)

Day of marriage January 29, 1947

• The temperature on January 29, 1947 was between -13.6 °C and -4.7 °C and averaged -10.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
  • August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  • October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
  • November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

Day of death July 20, 2010

• The temperature on July 20, 2010 was between 13.7 °C and 29.3 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
  • February 18 » WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
  • March 11 » Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
  • May 5 » Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
  • May 28 » In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
  • July 25 » WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Artie Traum, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1943)
• 2008 » Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Vedat Okyar, Turkish footballer (b. 1945)
• 2011 » Lucian Freud, German-English painter and illustrator (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Alastair Burnet, English journalist (b. 1928)