Family tree Van Giessen » Cornelia Herman (1915-2003)

Day of marriage January 30, 1936

• The temperature on January 30, 1936 was between 2.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
  • January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
  • April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
  • October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
  • November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.

Day of death November 22, 2003

• The temperature on November 22, 2003 was between 8.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
  • February 15 » Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
  • February 20 » During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
  • August 19 » A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
  • September 25 » The 8.3 M_w  Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
  • November 23 » Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer, founded Verve Records (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Theo Barker, English historian and academic (b. 1923)
• 2002 » Parley Baer, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Arthur Hopcraft, English screenwriter and journalist (b. 1932)
• 2005 » Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (b. 1920)