Descendants Schoorlemmer » Wilhelmus Henricus "Willem" Schoorlemmer (1923-1997)

Day of marriage May 4, 1954

• The temperature on May 4, 1954 was between 3.4 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
  • March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
  • June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
  • August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
  • September 9 » The 6.7 M_w  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
  • October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

Day of death April 14, 1997

• The temperature on April 14, 1997 was between 5.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • March 9 » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
  • June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
  • June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
  • September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
  • September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
  • December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

Day of burial April 19, 1997

• The temperature on April 19, 1997 was between 4.1 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
  • June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
  • August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
  • October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
  • October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
  • November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (b. 1897)
• 1995 » Burl Ives, American actor, folk singer, and writer (b. 1909)
• 1999 » Anthony Newley, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1931)
• 1999 » Bill Wendell, American television announcer (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Phil Katz, American computer programmer, co-created the zip file format (b. 1962)