Family tree Verloop » Willem Jan Hendrik (Wim) VERLOOP (1917-2011)

Day of marriage April 9, 1942

• The temperature on April 9, 1942 was between 3.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
  • April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
  • April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  • June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
  • July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
  • September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.

Day of death February 1, 2011

• The temperature on February 1, 2011 was between -3.3 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 13 » For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
  • February 22 » Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
  • August 23 » Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
  • September 7 » A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
  • September 12 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City opens to the public.
  • November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
• 2013 » Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 2013 » Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (b. 1924)
• 2013 » Helene Hale, American politician (b. 1918)
• 2013 » Shanu Lahiri, Indian painter and educator (b. 1928)