Family tree Van Ekelenburg » Karel Lourenz "Karel" van Ekelenburg (1923-2007)

Day of marriage October 25, 1949

• The temperature on October 25, 1949 was between 4.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
  • January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
  • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
  • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
  • September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
  • November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.

Day of death November 19, 2007

• The temperature on November 19, 2007 was between 2.5 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 27 » Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
  • June 19 » The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
  • August 1 » The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
  • September 14 » Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
  • October 2 » President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
  • November 5 » China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.

Day of burial November 23, 2007

• The temperature on November 23, 2007 was between 0.6 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
  • January 17 » The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing.
  • June 30 » A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
  • August 4 » NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.
  • October 22 » A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one die in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
  • October 28 » Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » George Canseco, Filipino journalist and composer (b. 1934)
• 2005 » Erik Balling, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
• 2007 » Mike Gregory, English rugby player and coach (b. 1964)
• 2009 » Johnny Delgado, Filipino actor (b. 1948)