Family tree Dorregeest » Nicolaas Johannes Cornelis "Nico" Dorregeest (1909-1997)

Day of marriage February 12, 1942

• The temperature on February 12, 1942 was between -5 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
  • February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
  • August 9 » World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
  • August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
  • September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

Day of death April 15, 1997

• The temperature on April 15, 1997 was between 3.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
  • May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  • May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
  • August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
  • December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 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)