Family tree Schraa » Edwin Norman Goorsky (1922-1990)

Day of marriage June 29, 1946

• The temperature on June 29, 1946 was between 8.3 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
  • March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
  • July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
  • September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
  • October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

Day of death October 29, 1990

• The temperature on October 29, 1990 was between 5.4 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly 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.
  • February 2 » Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
  • April 7 » A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
  • May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
  • June 1 » Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
  • June 30 » East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
  • August 2 » Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

Day of burial November 1, 1990

• The temperature on November 1, 1990 was between 7.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
  • February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
  • May 13 » The Dinamo–Red Star riot took place at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys (fans of Dinamo Zagreb) and the Delije (fans of Red Star Belgrade).
  • June 2 » The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
  • August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
  • November 12 » Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1987 » Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1988 » Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)
• 1993 » Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
• 1994 » Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918)
• 1995 » Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, (b. 1924)