Family tree Weening » Hendrik de Haan (1921-2000)

Day of marriage July 24, 1947

• The temperature on July 24, 1947 was between 14.9 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
  • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
  • July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
  • July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
  • October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Day of death April 21, 2000

• The temperature on April 21, 2000 was between 9.9 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • April 5 » UEFA Cup semi-final violence: Four Galatasaray fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two Leeds United fans.
  • April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  • June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
  • August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
  • October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
  • November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)
• 1996 » Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)
• 1996 » Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-born American engineer and race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1998 » Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Buddy Rogers, American actor (b. 1904)
• 2003 » Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)