Family tree Morrien » Jacobus Johannes "Co" Morriën (1903-1993)

Christening day November 8, 1903

• The temperature on November 8, 1903 was between 3.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.

Day of marriage September 2, 1943

• The temperature on September 2, 1943 was between 10.0 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
  • April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
  • May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
  • October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
  • November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
  • December 30 » Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

Day of death January 24, 1993

• The temperature on January 24, 1993 was between 4.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • May 5 » Three eight-year-old boys are murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, Ultimately leading to the conviction of the West Memphis Three.
  • August 21 » NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
  • August 28 » The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.
  • September 21 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.
  • September 30 » The 6.2 M_w  Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
  • November 4 » China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Kai Tak Airport.

Day of cremation January 28, 1993

• The temperature on January 28, 1993 was between 2.6 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast 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 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 3 » In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
  • May 1 » Dingiri Banda Wijetunga became president of Sri Lanka automatically after killing of R Premadasa in LTTE bomb explosion.
  • August 1 » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
  • September 22 » A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
  • November 17 » United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
  • December 2 » Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1990 » Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)