Family tree Klavers » Gaaije George "Gooie" de Jonge (1919-2005)

Day of marriage May 5, 1943

• The temperature on May 5, 1943 was between 6.3 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 15 » World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
  • January 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
  • March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
  • July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
  • July 5 » World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
  • December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.

Day of death June 27, 2005

• The temperature on June 27, 2005 was between 11.0 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 21 » In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
  • May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
  • August 15 » Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
  • August 19 » The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
  • October 19 » Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
  • October 22 » Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
• 2004 » George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
• 2005 » John T. Walton, American businessman, co-founded the Children's Scholarship Fund (b. 1946)
• 2005 » Ray Holmes, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Shelby Foote, American historian and author (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer (b. 1959)