Genealogy Weits » Fenno Kloosterhuis (1924-1989)

Day of marriage October 28, 1955

• The temperature on October 28, 1955 was between 1.4 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
  • February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
  • April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
  • May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
  • September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.

Day of death December 4, 1989

• The temperature on December 4, 1989 was between -5 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
  • August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
  • October 1 » Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
  • November 7 » Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
  • December 1 » Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
  • December 29 » Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

Day of cremation December 8, 1989

• The temperature on December 8, 1989 was between 2.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
  • June 5 » The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
  • June 7 » Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
  • August 8 » Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
  • October 17 » The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
  • November 7 » David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1988 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1992 » Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
• 1993 » Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1940)
• 1993 » Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)