Broersma Family Tree » Raymond Gerald Thaete (1917-1991)

Day of marriage February 5, 1943

• The average temperature on February 5, 1943 was 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
  • February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
  • March 19 » Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
  • June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
  • July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
  • July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.

Day of death January 3, 1991

• The temperature on January 3, 1991 was between 6.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 19 » Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
  • March 1 » Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the death of more than 25,000 people mostly civilian.
  • March 23 » The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War.
  • April 4 » Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
  • June 10 » Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
  • September 8 » The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

Day of burial January 11, 1991

• The temperature on January 11, 1991 was between 4.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 15 » The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
  • January 16 » Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
  • June 10 » Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
  • June 20 » German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital Berlin.
  • July 31 » The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
  • October 30 » The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » George Sutherland Fraser, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1915)
• 1980 » Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan author (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (b. 1883)
• 1988 » Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-German poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1989 » Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Judith Anderson, British actress (b. 1897)