Family tree Diverse » Jannigje "Jenny" Hensbergen (1916-1997)

Day of marriage July 25, 1940

• The temperature on July 25, 1940 was between 10.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
  • May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
  • June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
  • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
  • September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
  • September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.

Day of death March 6, 1997

• The temperature on March 6, 1997 was between 2.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
  • June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
  • July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
  • July 7 » The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
  • October 15 » The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
  • October 27 » The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Day of cremation March 10, 1997

• The temperature on March 10, 1997 was between 3.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 22 » In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
  • June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
  • July 10 » In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
  • July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
  • August 7 » Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​⁄₂ billion watched around the world on television.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Michael Manley, Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
• 1997 » Ursula Torday, English author (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain king (b. 1933)
• 2000 » John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)