Family tree Weening » Hendrik Borger (1922-2008)

Day of marriage July 8, 1944

• The temperature on July 8, 1944 was between 14.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
  • June 9 » World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
  • July 9 » World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
  • August 4 » The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
  • August 7 » IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
  • September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.

Day of death October 18, 2008

• The temperature on October 18, 2008 was between 4.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (43%). 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 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 year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • March 14 » A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
  • May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
  • May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
  • May 12 » U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
  • August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
  • September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Alan Coren, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 2007 » Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1964)
• 2007 » Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (b. 1915)
• 2007 » William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (b. 1945)
• 2009 » Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (b. 1918)