Family tree Van der Velde » Popke Hoekes Hiemstra (1923-2011)

Day of marriage May 10, 1951

• The temperature on May 10, 1951 was between 8.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
  • January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
  • February 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
  • March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
  • June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
  • July 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.

Day of death March 8, 2011

• The temperature on March 8, 2011 was between -1.3 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • April 27 » The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
  • April 29 » The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • May 16 » STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
  • July 21 » NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
  • September 17 » Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
  • September 19 » Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.

Day of burial March 12, 2011

• The temperature on March 12, 2011 was between 0.7 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
  • May 11 » An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
  • June 1 » Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.
  • July 13 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.
  • September 19 » Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.
  • October 31 » The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2009 » Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 2009 » Zbigniew Religa, Polish surgeon and politician, Polish Minister of Health (b. 1938)
• 2011 » Mike Starr, American bass player (b. 1966)
• 2012 » Minoru Mori, Japanese businessman, founded the Mori Art Museum (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Steven Rubenstein, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1962)