Family tree Diverse » Wilhelmus van Wanrooij (1916-1996)
Personal data Wilhelmus van Wanrooij
- He was born on December 21, 1916 in Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- He died on March 15, 1996 in Dordrecht, Gemeente Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 79 years old.
- A child of Johannes van Wanrooij and Petronella Lugters
- This information was last updated on October 9, 2021.
Household of Wilhelmus van Wanrooij
He is married to Johanna de Kok.
They got married about 1939.
Child(ren):
- Petrus van Wanrooij 1939-1940
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Historical events
Birthday December 21, 1916
- The temperature on December 21, 1916 was between -1.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
- February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
- March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
- April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
- September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
Day of death March 15, 1996
- The temperature on March 15, 1996 was between -0.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1996: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
- January 11 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
- January 27 » Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- February 8 » The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
- February 15 » At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
- April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
- July 18 » Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
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