Family tree Groothelm » Adriana "Sjaan" Groothelm (1906-1999)

Day of marriage January 18, 1927

• The temperature on January 18, 1927 was between -1.4 and 0.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
  • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
  • April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
  • July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
  • August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
  • November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

Day of death December 1, 1999

• The temperature on December 1, 1999 was between 7.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • April 20 » Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
  • July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
  • August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
  • October 31 » Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
  • November 30 » British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
  • December 22 » Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
• 1997 » Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Michel Bélanger, Canadian banker and businessman (b. 1929)
• 1997 » Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918)