Family tree Oving » Bertus Willem VRIESELAAR (1916-1999)

Day of marriage January 7, 1944

• The average temperature on January 7, 1944 was 5.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 22 » World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
  • January 29 » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
  • July 9 » World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
  • September 18 » World War II: The British submarine HMSTradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
  • September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
  • October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.

Day of death January 23, 1999

• The temperature on January 23, 1999 was between -2.9 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
  • May 25 » The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
  • August 17 » The 7.6 M_w  İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
  • October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
  • October 27 » Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
  • November 18 » At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)
• 2002 » Paul Aars, American race car driver (b. 1934)
• 2002 » Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (b. 1930)
• 2002 » Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)
• 2003 » Nell Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1948)