Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Johannes "Hans" van Splunder (1916-1991)

Day of marriage July 12, 1940

• The temperature on July 12, 1940 was between 12.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
  • April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
  • June 17 » World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
  • July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
  • November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.

Day of death June 9, 1991

• The temperature on June 9, 1991 was between 11.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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, 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 2 » Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  • June 27 » Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.
  • August 25 » The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
  • September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
  • October 7 » Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • October 18 » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Day of burial June 13, 1991

• The temperature on June 13, 1991 was between 11.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 7 » Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
  • April 10 » Italian ferry MSMoby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
  • April 29 » The 7.0 M_w  Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.
  • May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
  • August 30 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.
  • December 4 » Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Helen Hardin, American painter (b. 1943)
• 1989 » George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1991 » Claudio Arrau, Chilean-American pianist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1993 » Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1921)
• 1994 » Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1908)