Geensen database » Wilhelmina Dina Geense (1920-1995)

Day of marriage August 4, 1939

• The temperature on August 4, 1939 was between 9.9 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
  • March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
  • April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
  • April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
  • May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).

Day of death January 24, 1995

• The temperature on January 24, 1995 was between 5.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • February 17 » The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
  • March 2 » Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
  • July 23 » Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
  • August 4 » Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
  • November 6 » Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.

Day of burial January 27, 1995

• The temperature on January 27, 1995 was between 0.3 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The 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 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 year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • March 20 » The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.
  • March 25 » WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
  • June 5 » The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
  • October 30 » Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
  • November 14 » A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
  • December 7 » The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1990 » Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)