Family tree van Peter Barten landbouwer te Maarn (Maarn 1) » Johannes van Maaren (1923-2003)

Day of marriage April 5, 1950

• The temperature on April 5, 1950 was between 5.3 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
  • May 9 » Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
  • May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
  • July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
  • October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
  • October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.

Day of death June 15, 2003

• The temperature on June 15, 2003 was between 9.2 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 16 » The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
  • January 27 » The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
  • March 16 » American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah trying to obstruct the demolition of a home by being run over by a bulldozer.
  • July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
  • 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.
  • November 22 » England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1907)
• 2001 » Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (b. 1911)
• 2004 » Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (b. 1952)
• 2005 » Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918)