Family tree Steegs » Wilhelmus Fransiscus "Wiel" Steegs (1941-2016)

Christening day June 19, 1941

• The temperature on June 19, 1941 was between 13.3 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (85%). 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
  • October 4 » Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
  • October 30 » President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
  • November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.
  • December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
  • December 16 » World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak.

Day of death September 9, 2016

• The temperature on September 9, 2016 was between 11.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Following the fallout caused by the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
  • January 16 » Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
  • February 12 » Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
  • April 22 » The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
  • May 27 » Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
  • September 3 » The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2014 » Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1930)
• 2014 » Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1918)
• 2015 » Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 2015 » Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
• 2015 » K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1934)