Family tree Dekkers » Johannes Franciscus Manders (1911-1998)

Day of marriage May 19, 1939

• The temperature on May 19, 1939 was between 4.4 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
  • September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
  • October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
  • October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
  • December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.

Day of death September 20, 1998

• The temperature on September 20, 1998 was between 12.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • February 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
  • March 24 » First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
  • May 12 » Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.
  • July 24 » Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
  • October 7 » Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He died five days later.
  • October 29 » The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1924)
• 1996 » Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1929)
• 1999 » Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
• 2000 » Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)