Family tree Steegs » Geertruida Catharina Maria Steegs (1917-2009)

Day of marriage September 2, 1940

• The temperature on September 2, 1940 was between 8.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
  • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
  • August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
  • September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
  • November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
  • December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

Day of death January 18, 2009

• The temperature on January 18, 2009 was between 2.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • June 1 » General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
  • June 19 » War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
  • July 4 » The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
  • August 19 » A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
  • September 26 » Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
  • October 3 » Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join together in the Turkic Council.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Frank Lewin, American composer and theorist (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 2009 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
• 2009 » Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet and author (b. 1935)
• 2009 » Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (b. 1931)
• 2009 » Tony Hart, English painter and television host (b. 1925)