Family tree Menting » Johannes Antonius "Jo" Wolf (1921-1990)

Day of marriage November 17, 1944

• The temperature on November 17, 1944 was between 0.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 30.5 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
  • March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
  • March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
  • June 26 » World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
  • July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
  • November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

Day of death September 18, 1990

• The temperature on September 18, 1990 was between 5.6 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded 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 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
  • January 24 » Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
  • March 2 » Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
  • March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
  • May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
  • August 6 » Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

Day of cremation September 21, 1990

• The temperature on September 21, 1990 was between 8.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
  • February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
  • March 2 » Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
  • July 27 » The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
  • October 3 » The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • November 7 » Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
• 1987 » Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)
• 1992 » Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (b. 1905)
• 1997 » Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)