Genealogy Jongepier » Cornelis Adriaan Fortuin (1896-1990)

Day of marriage October 26, 1921

• The temperature on October 26, 1921 was between 10.4 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
  • June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
  • September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
  • September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
  • November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.

Day of death November 5, 1990

• The temperature on November 5, 1990 was between -0.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
  • July 16 » The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
  • July 21 » Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
  • August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
  • October 15 » Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
  • November 22 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.

Day of burial November 9, 1990

• The temperature on November 9, 1990 was between 1.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
  • February 13 » German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
  • March 4 » American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference Tournament game.
  • March 21 » Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
  • August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
  • September 20 » South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1991 » Fred MacMurray, American actor and businessman (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (b. 1923)
• 1992 » Adile Ayda, Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (b. 1912)
• 1992 » Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)