Family tree De Kunder » Theodorus Leonardus Rothoff (1907-1990)

Day of marriage May 16, 1947

• The temperature on May 16, 1947 was between 9.6 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
  • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
  • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
  • August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).

Day of death June 29, 1990

• The temperature on June 29, 1990 was between 8.6 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • April 24 » STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
  • August 13 » A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwan's naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
  • September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
  • October 13 » Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
  • November 13 » In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
  • December 11 » Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1992 » Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (b. 1919)
• 1993 » Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1994 » Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor and educator (b. 1908)
• 1995 » Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)