Family tree Bout » Willem Leendert "Wim" Klop (1927-1997)

Day of marriage May 18, 1955

• The temperature on May 18, 1955 was between 4.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
  • April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
  • April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
  • July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
  • August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
  • October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.

Day of death August 24, 1997

• The temperature on August 24, 1997 was between 19.2 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 31.0 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 19 » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
  • May 19 » The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
  • June 13 » A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
  • September 14 » Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
  • December 19 » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.

Day of cremation August 28, 1997

• The temperature on August 28, 1997 was between 12.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 28 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
  • April 1 » Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
  • May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
  • September 11 » After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
  • December 19 » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
  • December 29 » Hong Kong begins to kill all the city's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1998 » E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1999 » Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964)
• 2001 » Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)