Family tree Glas » Wilhelmus (Wim) Smit (1931-2012)

Day of marriage January 5, 1955

• The temperature on January 5, 1955 was between -3.4 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
  • June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
  • November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
  • December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
  • December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
  • December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

Day of death September 24, 2012

• The temperature on September 24, 2012 was between 9.7 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.
  • March 2 » A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
  • June 15 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
  • June 16 » The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
  • July 7 » At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
  • December 25 » An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.

Day of cremation October 5, 2012

• The temperature on October 5, 2012 was between 9.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 12.9 mm of rain during 11.1 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
  • February 15 » Three hundred sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
  • June 23 » Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
  • June 29 » A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
  • July 31 » Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
  • August 20 » A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Pierre Adam, French cyclist (b. 1924)
• 2013 » Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (b. 1931)
• 2013 » Margaret Feilman, Australian architect and urban planner (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (b. 1924)