Family tree Jan Werkman » Heino Smedes (1905-1991)

Day of marriage September 17, 1929

• The temperature on September 17, 1929 was between 13.0 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
  • May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
  • June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
  • August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
  • September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
  • September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

Day of death March 6, 1991

• The temperature on March 6, 1991 was between 8.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
  • June 17 » Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
  • June 19 » The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
  • August 21 » Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
  • September 28 » The Strategic Air Command stands down from alert all ICBMs scheduled for deactivation under START I, as well as its strategic bomber force.
  • October 11 » Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.

Day of burial March 11, 1991

• The temperature on March 11, 1991 was between 8.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
  • March 2 » Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
  • May 16 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
  • August 20 » Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
  • August 27 » Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
  • November 12 » Santa Cruz massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (b. 1887)
• 1988 » Daniel McCann, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1988 » Mairéad Farrell, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1988 » Seán Savage, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1965)
• 1994 » Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)