Het Grote Driessen Boek » Wilhelmina Johanna Driessen (1917-1984)

Personal data Wilhelmina Johanna Driessen 

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Household of Wilhelmina Johanna Driessen

She is married to Hendricus Gerardus Ruhe.

They got married on April 14, 1942 at Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, she was 24 years old.


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  3. ROGER DRIESSEN
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Historical events

Birthday May 22, 1917

  • The temperature on May 22, 1917 was between 10.5 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
    • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
    • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
    • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
    • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
    • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Day of marriage April 14, 1942

  • The temperature on April 14, 1942 was between 3.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 19 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
    • March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
    • April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
    • June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
    • August 9 » World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
    • October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.

Day of death September 23, 1984

  • The temperature on September 23, 1984 was between 7.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
    • January 10 » Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
    • April 4 » President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
    • May 8 » Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
    • October 11 » Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
    • November 2 » Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
    • December 19 » The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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The Het Grote Driessen Boek publication was prepared by Roger Driessen (contact is not possible).
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Roger Driessen, "Het Grote Driessen Boek", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/het-grote-driessen-boek/R17357.php : accessed June 21, 2024), "Wilhelmina Johanna Driessen (1917-1984)".