More like a forest than a tree! » Irvan St Clair (Bob) HALL (1924-1998)

Christening day November 4, 1944

• The temperature on November 4, 1944 was between 5.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
  • August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
  • September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
  • September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
  • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
  • October 26 » World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.

Day of marriage October 9, 1946

• The temperature on October 9, 1946 was between 5.9 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
  • April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
  • May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
  • May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
  • June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
  • August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.

Day of death April 15, 1998

• The temperature on April 15, 1998 was between 2.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 25 » During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
  • May 21 » President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule.
  • August 17 » Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
  • August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
  • October 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
  • November 20 » The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1925)
• 1998 » William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)
• 2000 » Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2002 » Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)