Family tree Verloop » Matthe˚s (Theo) VERLOOP (1923-2006)

Day of marriage May 27, 1948

• The temperature on May 27, 1948 was between 6.7 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • March 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
  • April 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
  • May 7 » The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
  • June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
  • September 24 » The Honda Motor Company is founded.
  • December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.

Day of death August 21, 2006

• The temperature on August 21, 2006 was between 12.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 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 year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
  • February 17 » A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
  • May 18 » The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
  • July 11 » Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
  • November 8 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.
  • December 18 » United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)
• 2005 » Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (b. 1957)
• 2005 » Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat ratna awardi (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)