Family tree Weening » Hendrikje Pitstra (1923-2005)

Day of marriage February 19, 1948

• The temperature on February 19, 1948 was between -7.7 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
  • March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
  • July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
  • July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
  • July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
  • August 10 » Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.

Day of death October 22, 2005

• The temperature on October 22, 2005 was between 10.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
  • January 21 » In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
  • April 14 » The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
  • May 10 » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
  • August 29 » Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125billion in damage.
  • August 31 » The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Geraldine of Albania (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 2005 » Tony Adams, Irish-American actor and producer (b. 1953)
• 2006 » Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (b. 1922)
• 2007 » Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (b. 1904)