Family tree Vanhommerig » Bernard Joseph "Jo" Vanhommerig (1940-2010)

Day of marriage July 12, 1962

• The temperature on July 12, 1962 was between 12.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
  • May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
  • July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
  • July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
  • August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • September 18 » Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.

Day of death March 16, 2010

• The temperature on March 16, 2010 was between 3.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • May 21 » JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.
  • June 24 » At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
  • July 2 » The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.
  • July 11 » The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
  • August 24 » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
  • December 22 » The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

Day of cremation March 20, 2010

• The temperature on March 20, 2010 was between 11.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 20.5 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 27 » The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
  • March 29 » Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
  • May 15 » Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
  • July 23 » English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.
  • December 17 » Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
  • December 22 » The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Bill Brown, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (b. 1942)
• 2008 » Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
• 2010 » Ksenija Pajčin, Serbian singer, dancer and model (b. 1977)
• 2011 » Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (b. 1931)
• 2012 » Donald E. Hillman, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)