Holicky Family Tree » Michael Louis Holicky Sr. (1915-1989)

Day of marriage October 18, 1947

• The temperature on October 18, 1947 was between 1.5 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
  • June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
  • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
  • November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
  • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Day of death April 6, 1989

• The temperature on April 6, 1989 was between 2.4 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 16.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 14 » Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
  • April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
  • May 1 » Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
  • May 29 » Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
  • August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
  • November 28 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (b. 1908)
• 1992 » Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (b. 1955)
• 1994 » Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (b. 1937)
• 1995 » Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Greer Garson, English-American actress (b. 1904)