Family tree Van Loon » Anna Carolina Margaretha "Annie (Ans)" van der Meer (1920-2005)

Day of marriage September 27, 1949

• The temperature on September 27, 1949 was between 10.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
  • April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
  • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
  • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
  • November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
  • December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

Day of death July 2, 2005

• The temperature on July 2, 2005 was between 12.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
  • February 14 » Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.
  • February 22 » The 6.4 M_w  Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman Province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
  • March 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
  • April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
  • July 7 » A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.

Day of cremation July 7, 2005

• The temperature on July 7, 2005 was between 10.1 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • March 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
  • April 22 » Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
  • April 25 » Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
  • April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
  • October 29 » Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60.
  • November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Norm Prescott, American actor, composer, and producer, co-founded Filmation Studios (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano and television personality (b. 1929)