Family tree Kaper » Willemtien Kruijer (1916-1997)

Day of marriage July 15, 1939

• The temperature on July 15, 1939 was between 13.6 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
  • April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
  • September 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
  • September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
  • December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

Day of death December 24, 1997

• The temperature on December 24, 1997 was between 6.3 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
  • May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
  • July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
  • September 26 » A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
  • September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1997 » Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925)
• 1997 » Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)