Parenteel van Thijs Rijksen » Evertje Knoppersen (1917-2005)

Day of marriage April 27, 1945

• The temperature on April 27, 1945 was between 7.0 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • March 29 » World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
  • April 9 » Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.
  • June 14 » World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
  • August 2 » World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.
  • September 11 » World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
  • September 18 » General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.

Day of death April 22, 2005

• The temperature on April 22, 2005 was between 0.1 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 » A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
  • January 9 » The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
  • January 18 » The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
  • February 2 » The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
  • February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
  • May 10 » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.

Day of burial April 27, 2005

• The temperature on April 27, 2005 was between 8.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 9 » The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
  • May 16 » Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
  • July 22 » Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
  • August 3 » President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
  • August 31 » The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
  • October 12 » The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
• 2004 » Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (b. 1976)
• 2005 » Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and artist (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Philip Morrison, American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)