Family tree Thysebaert-De Maeyer » Maria-Christina Smet (1924-1997)

Christening day March 14, 1924

• The temperature on March 14, 1924 was between -2.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
  • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
  • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
  • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

Day of death July 8, 1997

• The temperature on July 8, 1997 was between 12.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • March 26 » Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
  • May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
  • September 11 » NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
  • December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
  • December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.

Day of cremation July 11, 1997

• The temperature on July 11, 1997 was between 12.8 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
  • August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
  • August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
  • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
  • November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Kim Il-sung, North Korean commander and politician, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (b. 1905)
• 1999 » Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)