Family tree Klavers » Hendrika Aleida "Riet" Ruseler (1937-2008)

Day of marriage January 19, 1988

• The temperature on January 19, 1988 was between 3.0 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • January 28 » In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
  • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
  • May 24 » Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
  • July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
  • August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
  • December 21 » The first flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.

Day of death October 23, 2008

• The temperature on October 23, 2008 was between 4.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
  • February 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
  • April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
  • June 1 » A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.
  • June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
  • September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.

Day of cremation October 28, 2008

• The temperature on October 28, 2008 was between -0.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
  • February 26 » The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
  • March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
  • August 6 » A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
  • August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
  • November 10 » Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (b. 1977)
• 2007 » John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (b. 1965)
• 2007 » Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918)
• 2008 » Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1948)
• 2009 » Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)
• 2010 » Fran Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984)