Family tree Zwijnenburg uit Langerak, Alblasserwaard » Hendrik Blom (1913-2001)

Day of marriage November 29, 1945

• The temperature on November 29, 1945 was between -0.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 25 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
  • January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
  • April 18 » Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
  • May 5 » World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
  • May 23 » World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
  • October 21 » French women vote for the first time during the 1945 French legislative election.

Day of death January 11, 2001

• The temperature on January 11, 2001 was between -1.8 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
  • February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
  • June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
  • June 15 » Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
  • August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
  • November 11 » Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.

Day of burial January 16, 2001

• The temperature on January 16, 2001 was between -6.4 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • February 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
  • April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
  • April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
  • June 23 » The 8.4 M_w  southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
  • October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
  • December 12 » Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1999 » Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)
• 2000 » Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Ivan Combe, American businessman, invented Clearasil (b. 1911)
• 2001 » Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian director and playwright (b. 1920)