Family tree Van Weeghel » Hendrik ten Cate (1917-1996)

Day of marriage June 28, 1945

• The temperature on June 28, 1945 was between 8.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 19 » World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
  • March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
  • April 26 » World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio and they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
  • May 8 » World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Reims comes into effect.
  • September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
  • October 12 » World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.

Day of death June 15, 1996

• The temperature on June 15, 1996 was between 4.6 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • February 17 » NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
  • April 24 » In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
  • May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
  • August 31 » Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
  • September 24 » Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
  • November 7 » NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1917)
• 1994 » Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1925)
• 1995 » John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (b. 1903)
• 1996 » Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (b. 1946)
• 1996 » Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
• 1996 » Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (b. 1911)