Genealogieën Bex/Vromen/Overhof(f)/Herings » Anna Maria BEKS (1909-1995)

Day of marriage April 14, 1939

• The temperature on April 14, 1939 was between 9.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
  • April 9 » African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  • May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
  • December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
  • December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.

Day of death 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.
  • January 17 » The 6.9 M_w  Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
  • February 22 » The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
  • March 31 » Selena is murdered by her fan club's president Yolanda Saldívar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas after accusations of Saldívar embezzling money from Selena's fan club.
  • June 8 » Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
  • September 22 » An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
  • October 26 » An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, 20 of whom died.

Day of burial January 31, 1995

• The temperature on January 31, 1995 was between -1.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 14 » Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
  • May 28 » The 7.0 M_w  Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
  • July 6 » In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
  • November 22 » Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
  • November 30 » Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
  • December 20 » NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1989 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1993 » André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
• 1994 » Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1996 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 2000 » Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)