Genealogy Markus » Josina Wilma "Josephine" Markus (1918-1999)

Day of marriage October 4, 1945

• The temperature on October 4, 1945 was between 5.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • March 16 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
  • April 7 » World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
  • April 9 » Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.
  • April 16 » World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
  • September 2 » Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
  • November 10 » Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).

Day of death September 5, 1999

• The temperature on September 5, 1999 was between 11.8 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
  • March 21 » Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
  • August 2 » The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
  • August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
  • December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
  • December 31 » The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.

Day of burial September 7, 1999

• The temperature on September 7, 1999 was between 13.2 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
  • February 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
  • February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
  • March 12 » Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
  • March 28 » Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
  • July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1998 » Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (b. 1922)
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