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Day of death September 18, 2004

• The temperature on September 18, 2004 was between 12.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (16%). The almost completely overcast 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 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 31 » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
  • June 24 » In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
  • June 28 » Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
  • July 4 » Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
  • July 4 » The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
  • September 15 » National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.

Day of cremation September 23, 2004

• The temperature on September 23, 2004 was between 10.0 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
  • May 1 » Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
  • August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
  • September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
  • September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
  • November 26 » Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Michael Park, English racing driver (b. 1966)