Holicky Family Tree » Michael Louis Holicky Jr. (1948-2008)

Day of marriage June 17, 1978

• The temperature on June 17, 1978 was between 11.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
  • May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
  • May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
  • June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
  • September 7 » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
  • October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.

Day of death April 23, 2008

• The temperature on April 23, 2008 was between 9.1 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
  • June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
  • August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
  • September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
  • October 7 » Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
  • November 25 » Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)
• 2007 » David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
• 2007 » Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)
• 2007 » Peter Randall, English sergeant (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)