Family tree Ro(o)vers » Elisabeth van Nijnatten (1905-2001)

Day of marriage August 8, 1927

• The temperature on August 8, 1927 was between 14.7 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
  • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
  • July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
  • November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

Day of death September 1, 2001

• The temperature on September 1, 2001 was between 9.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 26 » The 7.7 M_w Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
  • April 11 » The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
  • April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
  • May 21 » French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
  • September 17 » The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
  • 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 September 6, 2001

• The temperature on September 6, 2001 was between 12.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 26 » The 7.7 M_w Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
  • February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • May 3 » The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
  • September 4 » Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
  • October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
  • November 13 » War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (b. 1930)
• 1998 » Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1999 » W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Terry Frost, English painter and academic (b. 1915)