Vandenberg Tree » Tjietsche (Jennie) Grant (1902-2003)

Christening day June 8, 1902

• The temperature on June 8, 1902 was between 7.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
  • May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

Day of death September 10, 2003

• The temperature on September 10, 2003 was between 8.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 13.5 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • March 24 » The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
  • August 14 » Project Thread, an operation launched by CSIS and other Canadian law enforcement agencies, saw the arrest and incarceration of 24 innocent Muslim men, most of them young Pakistani students.
  • August 18 » One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
  • August 26 » A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.
  • October 4 » The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.
  • November 18 » The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.

Day of burial September 13, 2003

• The temperature on September 13, 2003 was between 4.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • May 16 » In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
  • May 28 » Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
  • August 14 » Project Thread, an operation launched by CSIS and other Canadian law enforcement agencies, saw the arrest and incarceration of 24 innocent Muslim men, most of them young Pakistani students.
  • December 29 » The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

Source: Wikipedia

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