Genealogy De Vos » Wilhelmus Hendrikus(Willem) de Vos (1898-1991)

Day of marriage August 10, 1921

• The temperature on August 10, 1921 was between 7.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
  • February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
  • March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
  • March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
  • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
  • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.

Day of death July 20, 1991

• The temperature on July 20, 1991 was between 14.2 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
  • June 26 » Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
  • September 19 » Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
  • October 16 » George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.
  • October 20 » A 6.8 M_w earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
  • December 31 » All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date five days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.

Day of burial July 24, 1991

• The temperature on July 24, 1991 was between 13.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 16 » Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
  • March 31 » Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
  • July 7 » Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • August 24 » Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • October 20 » A 6.8 M_w earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
  • November 18 » After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Richard Egan, American soldier and actor (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Forrest H. Anderson, American judge and politician, 17th Governor of Montana (b. 1913)
• 1990 » Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police officer (b. 1907)
• 1993 » Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (b. 1945)
• 1994 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (b. 1897)
• 1997 » M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1939)