Direct Ancestry Groningen » Clarence John ROBEY (1934-2013)

Day of marriage April 8, 1961

• The temperature on April 8, 1961 was between 4.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
  • January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
  • February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
  • February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
  • April 16 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
  • September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Day of death October 8, 2013

• The temperature on October 8, 2013 was between 7.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • May 30 » Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
  • June 23 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
  • July 18 » The Government of Detroit, with up to $20billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
  • July 24 » A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80km/h (50mph) speed limit at 190km/h (120mph), killing 78 passengers.
  • August 9 » Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
  • October 15 » The 7.2 M_w Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939)
• 2013 » Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
• 2013 » Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (b. 1948)
• 2013 » Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927)