Family tree Diverse » Willem Soeters (1915-1995)

Day of marriage July 6, 1939

• The temperature on July 6, 1939 was between 10.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
  • April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
  • June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
  • September 17 » World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
  • September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
  • November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.

Day of death April 26, 1995

• The temperature on April 26, 1995 was between 9.8 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
  • June 29 » The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
  • July 6 » In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
  • July 21 » Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
  • July 25 » A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
  • September 19 » The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.

Day of burial April 29, 1995

• The temperature on April 29, 1995 was between 2.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 22 » The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
  • May 13 » Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
  • July 23 » Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
  • August 24 » Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
  • October 26 » Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
  • November 30 » Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian, (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1931)
• 1994 » Masutatsu Ōyama, Japanese martial artist, founded Kyokushin kaikan (b. 1923)
• 1996 » Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)