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Personal data Willem Roest 


Household of Willem Roest

He is married to Franciska Maria Cosijn.

They got married in the year 1948 at Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands, he was 35 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday June 15, 1912

  • The temperature on June 15, 1912 was between 11.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
    • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
    • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
    • June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
    • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
    • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death September 27, 1983

  • The temperature on September 27, 1983 was between 8.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
    • June 18 » Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
    • July 24 » The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
    • September 23 » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
    • September 25 » Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
    • October 4 » Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.


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