Tree of René » Gretha Viola Bohlin (1917-2012)

Day of marriage March 18, 1944

• The temperature on March 18, 1944 was between 3.7 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
  • June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
  • June 15 » In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
  • August 9 » Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
  • December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
  • December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

Day of death February 28, 2012

• The temperature on February 28, 2012 was between 7.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Three hundred sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
  • June 3 » A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
  • June 13 » A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
  • July 18 » At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
  • October 19 » A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
  • November 24 » A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2011 » Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931)
• 2011 » Jane Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Frisner Augustin, Haitian drummer and composer (b. 1948)
• 2012 » Hal Roach, Irish comedian and author (b. 1927)
• 2012 » Jim Green, American-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)
• 2013 » Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)