Family tree Blom » Johanna Cornelia Maria Antonia Bloem (1922-2007)

Day of marriage June 12, 1947

• The temperature on June 12, 1947 was between 3.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
  • December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

Day of death November 11, 2007

• The temperature on November 11, 2007 was between 3.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
  • June 18 » The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
  • June 27 » The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
  • August 7 » At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record.
  • September 10 » Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
  • September 14 » Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b. 1939)
• 2006 » Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (b. 1974)
• 2007 » Delbert Mann, American director and producer (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Herb Score, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, Turkish colonel (b. 1903)