Stamboom Mennen » Johannes "Jan" Verstegen (1912-1992)

Day of marriage April 28, 1939

• The temperature on April 28, 1939 was between 2.7 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
  • March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
  • April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
  • April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
  • May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • November 17 » Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.

Day of death May 6, 1992

• The temperature on May 6, 1992 was between 7.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
  • March 31 » The USSMissouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
  • April 5 » Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
  • May 13 » Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
  • May 23 » Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
  • July 23 » Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)
• 1993 » Ann Todd, English actress and producer (b. 1909)
• 1995 » Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)