Family tree Steinmeier/De Vries » Maria Rijnders (1909-2004)

Day of marriage September 28, 1932

• The temperature on September 28, 1932 was between 6.4 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
  • May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
  • August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
  • October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
  • December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
  • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.

Day of death February 8, 2004

• The temperature on February 8, 2004 was between 1.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 27 » A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
  • June 11 » Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
  • July 4 » The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
  • July 16 » Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  • September 15 » National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
  • December 20 » A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936)
• 2004 » Julius Schwartz, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 2005 » A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan sailor and politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 » Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Elton Dean, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)
• 2006 » Thierry Fortineau, French actor (b. 1953)