Hoekstra family tree » Jakob Hoekstra (1951-2017)

Day of marriage June 17, 1976

• The temperature on June 17, 1976 was between 9.0 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
  • March 4 » The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
  • September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
  • September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
  • September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.
  • November 24 » The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.

Day of death April 26, 2017

• The temperature on April 26, 2017 was between -1.4 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
  • April 6 » U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
  • June 12 » American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.
  • July 10 » Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
  • December 4 » The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is imploded, one day after failing to be imploded.
  • December 10 » ISIL is defeated in Iraq.

Day of cremation May 4, 2017

• The temperature on May 4, 2017 was between 7.7 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
  • May 31 » A car bomb explodes in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463.
  • June 14 » London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
  • October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.
  • December 4 » The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is imploded, one day after failing to be imploded.
  • December 10 » ISIL is defeated in Iraq.
  • December 18 » Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2014 » Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
• 2014 » Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (b. 1927)
• 2015 » Jayne Meadows, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2015 » Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2016 » Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)
• 2017 » Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944)