Family tree Van Dijk » Anna Josephina Agnes Gofers (1931-2005)

Day of marriage November 17, 1959

• The temperature on November 17, 1959 was between 0.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
  • June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
  • July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
  • August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
  • December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

Day of death May 7, 2005

• The temperature on May 7, 2005 was between 5.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or 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 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.
  • February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
  • July 10 » Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
  • July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
  • July 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
  • September 8 » Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
  • December 17 » Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Day of cremation May 12, 2005

• The temperature on May 12, 2005 was between 0.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 6 » American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
  • February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
  • March 28 » An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.
  • April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
  • April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
  • August 31 » The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
• 2005 » Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971)
• 2006 » Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943)