Navorska tree » Wilfred 'Bill' Stewart (1912-1993)

Day of marriage September 17, 1936

• The temperature on September 17, 1936 was between 11.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
  • February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
  • December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
  • December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.

Day of death September 17, 1993

• The temperature on September 17, 1993 was between 4.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
  • January 7 » Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
  • March 12 » North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
  • July 29 » The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
  • August 7 » Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • September 24 » The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)
• 1994 » John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (b. 1954)