Family tree familie Eilders » John David Roorda (1906-1995)

Personal data John David Roorda 


Household of John David Roorda

He had a relationship with Stevanna van Roekel.


Child(ren):

  1. Donald Eugene Roorda  1940-2019 
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Historical events

Birthday June 20, 1906

  • The temperature on June 20, 1906 was between 10.6 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
    • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
    • September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
    • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
    • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
    • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Day of death May 18, 1995

  • The temperature on May 18, 1995 was between 1.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1995: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
    • March 25 » WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
    • May 17 » Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage.
    • August 5 » Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
    • August 30 » Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
    • October 27 » Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
    • October 28 » The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1903 » Sam Rabin, English wrestler, sculptor, and singer († 1991)
  • 1905 » Lillian Hellman, American playwright and screenwriter († 1984)
  • 1906 » Bob King, American high jumper and obstetrician († 1965)
  • 1907 » Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
  • 1908 » Billy Werber, American baseball player († 2009)
  • 1908 » Gus Schilling, American actor († 1957)

Source: Wikipedia


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